1994 South Pacific Airmotive DC-3 crash
Douglas DC-3 crash in Sydney, New South Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1994 South Pacific Airmotive DC-3 crash took place on 24 April 1994, when a Douglas DC-3 airliner operated by South Pacific Airmotive, tail number VH-EDC, ditched into Botany Bay shortly after takeoff from Sydney Airport in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The cause of the crash was determined by the Bureau of Air Safety Investigation (BASI; now the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, or ATSB) to have been a power loss in the aircraft's left engine caused by an inlet valve being stuck in the open position, compounded by inadequate action on the part of the pilots; Rod Lovell, the pilot in command of the flight, has disputed BASI's conclusions.
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Date | 24 April 1994 (1994-04-24) |
Summary | Engine failure, pilot error |
Site | Sydney Airport, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 33°56′46″S 151°10′38″E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Douglas DC-3 |
Operator | South Pacific Airmotive |
Call sign | ECHO DELTA CHARLIE |
Registration | VH-EDC |
Flight origin | Sydney Airport, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Stopover | Lord Howe Island |
Destination | Norfolk Island |
Occupants | 25 |
Passengers | 21 |
Crew | 4 |
Fatalities | 0 |
Injuries | 1[1] |
Survivors | 25 |
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