ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18391
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| Date: | Saturday 16 March 1963 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Auster J/5B Autocar |
| Owner/operator: | Cairns Aerial Ambulance |
| Registration: | VH-BYQ |
| MSN: | 3186 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Alice Springs, NT -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Alice Springs, NT (ASP/YBAS) |
| Cairns, Queensland | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
This Auster was used out of Cairns, Northern Queensland, as an air ambulance. VH-BYQ was written off in a crash at Alice Springs, Northern Territories on 16/3/1963 whilst on an ambulance CASEVAC sortie from Alice Springs to Cains
Sources:
1. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=3080
2. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austb/VH-BYQ.html
3. https://www.pprune.org/pacific-general-aviation-questions/465548-auster-oz.html#post6739292
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Mar-2014 00:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2022 07:52 | Anon. | Updated [Operator] |
| 31-May-2022 22:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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