ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139865
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| Date: | Sunday 4 December 1988 |
| Time: | 17:26 LT |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 22 |
| Owner/operator: | W.N. Sherwell |
| Registration: | VH-BSM |
| MSN: | C1/0051 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Shepperton North, 4.5 km SE of St James, VIC -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Private Airstrip, St James, Victoria |
| Benalla, Victoria, Australia | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF Chipmunk T.10 WB610. Delivered 17/04/1950. Struck off charge at 22 MU RAF Sillotth, Cumbria, on 31/08/1955. Sold on 01/08/56 to W. S. Shackleton Ltd, London, England for export to Australia, and registered VH-BSM in 1957
In 1972, whilst towing a glider, it struck a fence near Benalla, and was out of commission for a while, the rebuild taking place at Albury.
Sadly, Mr. W. N. Sherwill (pilot and registered owner) was killed on 4/12/1988 when the aircraft failed to complete a low level loop and struck the ground soon after taking off from a private airstrip at Shepperton North, near St. James, Victoria, Australia. The aircraft impacted the ground in a south westerly direction with a nose-low, wings level attitude. It then bounced off the ground and came to rest in about 10 metres with the engine dislodged from the airframe and the landing gear collapsed.
Wreckage reported to be still in existance at Tocumwal Aerodrome (seen there 26/4/1998)
Sources:
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1988/aair/aair198801407.aspx
http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austb/VH-BSM.html
www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=343
http://members.iinet.net.au/~cask/aviation/nswfields.html
http://www.dhcchipmunk.com/0051.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Nov-2011 08:07 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 15-Mar-2013 13:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2013 13:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2022 03:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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