Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 25 October 1938
Aircraft Type: Douglas DC-2-210
Owner/operator: Australian National Airways – ANA
Registration Number: VH-UYC
Location: Mt Dandenong, VIC –
ÿ Australia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18
Component Affected: Aircraft Navigation System (specifically, visual bearings)Aircraft Navigation System (specifically, visual bearings)
Category: Accident
A DC-2 aircraft, Kyeema, experienced a loss of visual bearings while attempting to locate Essendon Airport. It entered cloud and crashed into Mount Dandenong, approximately 45 km south-east of Essendon, resulting in the deaths of all four crew members and 14 passengers.A DC-2 aircraft, Kyeema, experienced a loss of visual bearings while attempting to locate Essendon Airport. It entered cloud and crashed into Mount Dandenong, approximately 45 km south-east of Essendon, resulting in the deaths of all four crew members and 14 passengers.
Description
En route from Adelaide to Melbourne, the DC-2 named “Kyeema” lost its visual bearings while trying to locate Essendon Airport. It was on the wrong heading and after entering cloud, impacted the top of Mount Dandenong, 50 km east of Melbourne and approximately 45 km south east of the airfield at Essendon. The four crew members (Capt A.C. Webb, First Off A.J. Steen, Hostess Elva Jones, Cadett Pilot Phillip Pring) and the 14 passengers died.
Primary Cause
Loss of visual bearings due to entering cloud.Loss of visual bearings due to entering cloud.Share on:
