Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Sep 2, 1948 (13 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on September 2, 1948 near Quirindi New South Wales, Australia with 13 fatalities. Cause: Compass interference...
- Date: September 2, 1948
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Quirindi New South Wales, Australia
- Fatalities: 13
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Compass interference from a nearby electrical storm, a temporary defect in the Kempsey radio range signal and errors in the area charts were the probable cause.
Australian National Airways Flight 331, a C 47 named Lutana, flew from Brisbane toward Sydney and struck high terrain in the North West Slopes of New South Wales on 2 September 1948. All 13 people aboard were killed.