Ad Astra Hudson .. Horn Is, fell out of a s/e downwind leg onto the reef flat. Photo survey crew all killed.
Aroa. Thanks for the reminder of that accident. I have just read the official DCA accident report on a Lockheed Hudson of Adastra that went in at Horn island after a botched single engine go around. It crashed into mud flats killing all aboard. .See link below
One thing that caught my eye was why he failed to maintain directional control on initial application of power on the good engine.
Turns out the pilot's seat was not adjustable and as he was 5ft 6 inches he had trouble getting full rudder so he sometimes used a cushion behind him to get more rudder. He never got above 100 ft in the single engine go around and the Hudson went into a wide arc before one wing hit the mud flats and it cartwheeled. If he could have got more rudder input he might have got away with it. The report is worth reading from the Human Factors point of view
See: https://reports.aviation-safety.net/...L14_VH-AGO.pdf