Lockheed L-414 Hudson crash, Aug 13, 1940 (10 killed), Ca...
Lockheed L-414 Hudson accident on August 13, 1940 near Canberra Australian Capital Territory, Australia with 10 fatalities. Cause: The Court of Inquiry...
- Date: August 13, 1940
- Aircraft: Lockheed L-414 Hudson
- Location: Canberra Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Fatalities: 10
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The Court of Inquiry found the aircraft most likely stalled on its landing approach, with loss of control at a height too low to recover, although the cause has always been regarded as indeterminate.
A Royal Australian Air Force Hudson carrying three federal ministers, the Chief of the General Staff and their staff stalled on final approach to Canberra and crashed about 2 km short of the runway. All ten people on board were killed and the aircraft burned fiercely.