ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 168204
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| Date: | Saturday 2 August 2014 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Alan McVinish |
| Registration: | VH-BCC |
| MSN: | 82138 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Bridge Street, Warrego Highway, Toowomba Airport, Qld -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Toowomba Airport, Toowoomba, Queensland (YTWK) |
| Toowomba Airport, Toowoomba, Queensland (YTWK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth MSN 82138 (Gipsy Major #81049); Taken on charge by the RAF as N6900 at 19 MU RAF St Athan, South Glamorgan 20.6.39. To 36 MU RAF Sealand, Flintshire 14.12.39 for packing and crating for overseas shipment. Despatched to RAAF 27.12.39 (but retained RAF serial). Taken on charge at 1 Aircraft Depot 7.2.40. To 1 EFTS Parafield 1.3.40. Crashed in night landing at Parafield 8.12.42; to GAL Parafield for repairs 14.12.42. Returned to 1 EFTS 22.2.43 after completion of repairs. To RAAF Tamworth 29.5.44; to storage 7.10.44. Transferred to CMU 12.12.44; for sale 27.9.46.
Sold 25.11.46 for £100 to Association of Australian Aero Clubs; issued 31.1.47. Australian civil registered as VH BCC (C of R 1265) 23.4.47 to Dubbo Aero Club, Dubbo, NSW (registered as ex-'N9600' in error). Registration cancelled 19.12.47; re-registered 22.12.47 to same owner. C of A lapsed 11.6.49; registration cancelled 6.8.51. Reregistered (C of R 1976) on 23.1.53 to Robert J Carter, t/a Dubbo Aero Club, Dubbo, NSW. Re-registered 5.5.54 to Winston L Winter, Weemelah, NSW. Re-registered 20.11.65 to C H Parsons (Pty) Ltd, St George, Queensland. Registration cancelled 4.11.66 as Withdrawn From Use.
Registration restored 19.9.77 to same owner. Re-registered 18.11.78 to Allen R Parsons, St George (later Crows Nest), Queensland. Registration cancelled 19.9.83. Re-registerd 20.3.89 to Mrs Barbara A Parsons, Crows Nest, Queensland. Re-registered 11.11.2004 to Shane P Winter, The Gap, Queensland. Re-registered 11.6.2009 to Alan McVinish, Wilsonton, Queensland (aircraft based at Toowoomba, Queensland); nearing completion of rebuild [3.13]. Rebuild completed by mid-2013.
Damaged in a take off accident at Toowomba City Airport, Toowoomba, Queensland 2.8.2014: The plane crashed during cross winds shortly after becoming airborne, coming to a rest adjacent to the Warrego Highway. The plane reportedly struck a fence before contacting the ground. The pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. According to a contemporary local newspaper report ("Brisbane Courier Mail" August 2, 2014 - see link #5):
"Former Solicitor-General survives plane crash
Former Solicitor-General of Queensland Walter Sofronoff has walked away from a plane crash at Toowoomba Airport. Mr Sofronoff was attempting to take-off in his friend's De Havilland Tiger Moth when he encountered difficulty with cross-winds shortly after midday today.
The pilot walked away from a plane crash beside the Warrego Highway at Toowoomba Airport. The De Havilland Tiger Moth encountered cross wind difficulty while taking off from the airport shortly after midday. He was today able to walk back to a hangar after freeing himself from the plane's wreckage.Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Anzac Ave station officer Tony Guse said the pilot was lucky to escape injury.
"He is up and mobile, a little bit shaken, but outwardly appears to be quite okay at this point," Mr Guse said. Mr Guse recalled an eyewitness account of the incident. "Generally, he has actually suffered from some gusting cross-winds here which have just picked the aircraft up and driven it across. It actually originally appeared as if he was going to regain control but has impacted upon the fence and then spun him around into the tree."
The plane crashed through the fence and onto the footpath beside Bridge Street. Mr Guse said it was lucky the plane did not end up in traffic. A large quantity of fuel leaked from the tank before firefighters isolated the leak. A crane picked up the aircraft and took it across the runway to a hangar.
"It'll need quite a bit of work before it goes again but any crash you can walk away from is probably a good one," Mr Guse said. The aircraft crashed through a fence and came to rest beside Bridge Street. The pilot freed himself from the aircraft before walking back to the Downs Aero Club hangar.
Westbound traffic on Bridge Street was reduced to one lane and a crane was called in to move the plane back onto Toowoomba Airport land".
Re-registered 23.9.14 to Aviation Specialists Toowoomba Pty Ltd (Alan McVinish), Toowoomba. Re-registered 25.11.16 to Walter Sofronoff, Brisbane, Queensland (based at Watts Bridge, Cressbrook, Queensland). Currently registered
Sources:
1. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a17d.htm
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p821.html
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. https://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/pilot-walks-away-tiger-moth-crash-toowoomba-airpor/2338511/
5. https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/former-solicitorgeneral-survives-plane-crash/news-story/0b8e499d0ddd02b861fe1fc0d4413796
6. https://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=12796
7. [Photo]: http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/picture.php?/EC_2A17_N6900/category/dh82a-tiger-moth-n6900
8. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austb/VH-BCC.html
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toowoomba_City_Aerodrome
Media:
DH82 Tiger Moth N6900 VH-BCC and VH-RWB @ Toowomba Airport, Toowoomba, Queensland (YTWK) 4.10.2014
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Aug-2014 06:32 | Cruise Control | Added |
| 02-Aug-2014 06:33 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator] |
| 30-Aug-2014 07:10 | humbersider steve | Updated [Cn] |
| 11-Feb-2022 17:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
| 12-Feb-2022 17:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2022 17:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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