ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 156761
Last updated: 5 March 2021
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| Date: | 09-JAN-1973 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 170B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | VH-WGB |
| C/n / msn: | 25098 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Goughs Bay, Victoria -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Goughs Bay, Victoria |
This early Cessna 170B was imported second hand in April 1959 for the Lutheran Mission at Madang,PNG, and registered as VH-WGB. It was later sold to John Bjelke-Petersen, a prominent Queensland Lutheran and Kingoroy-based aerial agricultural operator, who later went on to become Premier of Queensland. VH-WGB was wrecked on 9 January 1973 when it stuck trees during a go-around on a strip at Goughs Bay, Victoria
Sources:
http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austmz/VH-WGB.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jun-2013 11:04 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 19-Jun-2013 11:31 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Country, Damage, Narrative] |
| 23-Apr-2014 18:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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