ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 353587
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| Date: | Friday 27 December 1929 |
| Time: | 10:00 LT |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Guy L Menzies |
| Registration: | G-AUIS |
| MSN: | 895 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Urunga Golf Course, Urunga, Coffs Harbour, NSW -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Urunga Golf Course, Urunga, Coffs Harbour, NSW |
Crashed and destroyed by fire at Urunga Golf Course, Urunga, Coffs Harbour, NSW 27.12.29. Both persons on board survived, although with minor burns injuries.
Sources:
1. Wanganui Chronicle, 27 December 1929, Page 8: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19291227.2.110
2. Tweed Daily (Murwillumbah, NSW) Friday 27 December 1929 Page 3 AEROPLANE CRASHES: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/191799079
3. Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (Newcastle, NSW) Friday 27 December 1929 Page 4 AEROPLANE BURNED: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/137786585
4. The Age (Melbourne, Vic.) Friday 27 December 1929 Page 7 MOTH PLANE CRASHES: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/203254939
5. Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW) Friday 27 December 1929 Page 4 PLANE CRASHES: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/142815522
6. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
7. As G-AUIS: https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-australian-register/g-au?highlight=WyJnLWF1aXMiXQ==
8. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-AU.html
9. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p008.html
10. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1981.pdf
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urunga,_New_South_Wales
History of this aircraft
c/no. 895 DH.60G Moth [Gipsy I engine#115, amended to #128] to DeHavilland Australia with C of A 1727 issued 13.12.28. Registered as G-AUIS [C of R 254] 24.1.29 to R Taylor, Sydney, NSW. Re-registered later in 1929 to Guy L Menzies, Drummoyne, Sydney, NSW.
Registration G-AUIS cancelled 31.12.29. Engine and other parts sold to W T Johnson, Eastwood, NSW and used in construction of DH.60G Moth VH-UII. Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 May 1936 | VH-UII | Holyman's Airways Pty Ltd | 1 | East Oakleigh, Mount Waverley, VIC | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Mar-2024 08:26 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 10-Mar-2024 08:26 | ASN | Updated [Narrative] |
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