ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65417
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| Date: | Wednesday 7 January 1931 |
| Time: | c. 1445 |
| Type: |  Avro 616 Sports Avian IVA |
| Owner/operator: | Guy Lambton Menzies |
| Registration: | G-ABCF |
| MSN: | 467 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Hari Hari, West Coast -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Sydney, Australia |
| Blenheim, New Zealand | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Registered G-ABCF [C of R 2708] 20.6.30 to Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith.
Guy Menzies (1909-1940 ) had almost completed the first solo air crossing of the Tasman Sea. He had taken off from Sydney, 11 hours and 45 minutes before, in his Avro Avian biplane named Southern Cross Junior.
Unable to reach his intended destination of Blenheim due to bad weather, he made an emergency landing in what appeared from the air to be a smooth pasture, but was actually the La Fontaine swamp. The Avian turned over onto its back and suffered some damage, but Menzies was unhurt.
Guy Menzies later joined the Royal Air Force and was killed in 1940 when the Sunderland flying-boat he was commanding was shot down into the Mediterranean Sea by enemy aircraft.
Registration G-ABCF cancelled as crashed 30.6.31. [Australian Registration VH-UPT reserved for this aircraft, but not taken up].
Sources:
1. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?124767-Guy-Menzies-and-Avro-616-Sports-Avian-IVa-G-ABCF
2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-144859506/view
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABCF.pdf
4. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/76-register-gb-g-ab
5. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/VH-UPT.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jun-2009 02:35 | angels one five | Added |
| 16-May-2010 02:19 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-May-2013 08:04 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2014 10:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2014 21:28 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Nov-2017 19:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 22-Jan-2022 07:09 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 10-Feb-2022 14:24 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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