ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19205
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Date: | Saturday 9 February 1974 |
Time: | |
Type: | Taylorcraft Auster AOP.III |
Owner/operator: | Wollongong Gliding Club |
Registration: | VH-DHK |
MSN: | 483 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Marulan NSW -
Australia
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Marulan, NSW |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Ex-RAF Auster AOP.III MT393; RAF service with 658 and 609 Squadrons. Transferred to RAAF 04/08/1945 as A11-45: Served with No. 16 Air Observation Post at Tarakan Island, Borneo.
Registered VH-WAI 01/03/1962 to 10/02/1965, then withdrawn from use and restored. Re-registered VH-FBA 07/03/1966 to 07/08/1973.Re-registered VH-DHK and written off 09/02/1974: Engine failure during glider tow and struck tree in attempted forced landing at Marulan, NSW
Sources:
1.
http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/2a11.htm 2.
http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austcl/VH-FBA(1).html
3.
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=380 4.
http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austmz/VH-WAI.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
16-Aug-2010 08:18 |
Anon. |
Updated [Registration] |
21-Apr-2014 15:56 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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