Airplane Crash - Mangalore, Australia 10/31/1954
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Mangalore, Australia
Date | 10/31/1954 |
Time | 15:10 |
Location | Mangalore, Australia |
Operator | TAA |
Route | Training |
Type | Vickers 720 Viscount |
Registration | VH-TVA |
Cn/In | 44 |
Aboard | 8 |
Fatalities | 3 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | Crashed during takeoff. An error of judgement on the part of the pilot-in-command in that he took the aircraft into the air at a speed below the minimum control speed, following loss of directional control during the ground run. |
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