Incident Auster AOP.9 WZ674,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18096
 
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Date:Tuesday 13 March 1962
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic AUS9 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Auster AOP.9
Owner/operator:656 Sqn AAC
Registration: WZ674
MSN: B5/10/13
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:20 miles NE of Gerik, Thai-Malayan border -   Malaysia
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Ipoh
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Caught by a down draught while flying along a ridge on the Thai-Malaysian border. A wing struck a tree and the aircraft crashed and caught fire. Pilot Capt John Tadman suffered a broken leg and dislocated hib. He reached by four paratroopers two days later and brought down from the 2,500-foot mountain by helicopter 17 MAR.

Sources:

http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1962.htm
http://www.thai-aviation.net/
Lakeland Ledger 18 March 1962, p5A
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19620314-1.2.10?qt=tadman&q=Tadman

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-May-2008 11:10 ASN archive Added
24-Dec-2012 15:37 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]
01-May-2013 17:15 Nepa Updated [Operator]
02-Jun-2022 20:23 TB Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
09-May-2024 11:15 Cobar Updated [Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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