ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163132
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 December 1936 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60 Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Victorian Aero Club |
| Registration: | VH-UAL |
| MSN: | 246 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Glenroy Golf Links, 3 miles east of Essendon, Melbourne, Victoria -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Essendon, Melbourne (MEB/YMEN) |
| Essendon, Melbourne (MED/YMEB) |
c/no. 246: DH.60 [Cirrus I] sold to Controller of Civil Aviation, Australia with C of A 980 issued 11.5.26. Registered as G-AUAL [C of R 140] 12.8.26 to Civil Aviation Branch, Dept of Defence, and issued to Australian Aero Club (Victoria Section), Essendon.
Wrecked in a crash near Essendon 29.12.28 when each of the two persons on board assumed that the other had control; rebuilt with Cirrus II and re-flown 16.3.29. Spun in and crashed near Bendigo 3.7.29; pilot O Walton and passenger A Weston killed; rebuilt with Gipsy I and re-flown 23.12.29.
Re-registered VH-UAL 12.29. Crashed for the third time at Bacchus Marsh, Victoria 30.4.33; registration cancelled 11.8.33. Rebuilt and registration restored 16.3.34 to same owner; by now operated by the Royal Victorian Aero Club.
Written off when crashed into a tree on the Glenroy Golf Links, home of the Northern Golf Club, 97 Glenroy Road, 3 miles east of Essendon, Melbourne, Victoria 23.12.36; Both occupants were injured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Registration cancelled 15.3.37. (No doubt the RVAC were debating having it repaired - yet again - but, in the event, decided against this course and its C of A was finally allowed to lapse).
According to a contemporary local newspaper report ("Warwick Daily News (Warwick, Qld) Thursday 24 December 1936 Page 1):
"Three Plane Crashes - No One Seriously Hurt
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.
Getting Into a side slip while turning above Glenroy Golf Links today, an aero club Moth piloted by C. Weston crashed into a gumtree when making a forced landing and fell 50 ft. to the ground. The machine was wrecked, but the pilot escaped with a lacerated hand".
(The newspaper then goes on to report on two further accident the same day: one in Perth, WA involving a GAL Monospar, and one in New York, USA involving a USAAF bomber).
Sources:
1. Warwick Daily News (Warwick, Qld) Thursday 24 December 1936 Page 1): https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/177313557
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-AU.html
3. As G-UAUL: https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-australian-register/g-au?highlight=WyJ2aC11YWwiXQ==
4. As VH-UAL: https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-australian-register/vh-ua-um?highlight=WyJ2aC11YWwiXQ==
5. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/VH-UAL.html
6. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60-moth-melbourne
8. https://www.northerngolfclub.com.au/contact-us
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenroy,_Victoria#Sport
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2014 17:13 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 22-Aug-2017 11:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Feb-2021 18:55 | Sergey L. | Updated [Registration] |
| 07-Jun-2022 10:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 22-Sep-2023 16:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Location]] |
| 21-Oct-2023 15:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[[Location]]] |
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