ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336569
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| Date: | Monday 8 November 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3-232 |
| Owner/operator: | Australian National Airways - ANA |
| Registration: | VH-UZK |
| MSN: | 2003 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1937 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 23 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mount Macedon, VIC -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Melbourne-Essendon Airport, VIC (MEB/YMEN) |
| Deniliquin Airport, NSW (DNQ/YDLQ) |
The DC-3 departed Essendon at 07:26 for a flight to Denilquin. At around 07:40 the flight was seen passing Mount Macedon township at low altitude. The aircraft then struck cloud-covered Mount Macedon near the summit.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The cause of the aircraft striking high ground whilst flying in cloud at a height of approximately 3000ft was that - a) The pilot failed to make good the track specified in his Flight Plan, and deviated some 9mls to port of the correct track. This deviation was either deliberate or due to an error in navigation. b) The pilot failed to comply with the requirements of the visual flight rules, thus violating the conditions of his flight clearance."
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