ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25640
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| Date: | Wednesday 18 March 1931 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Fokker F.III |
| Owner/operator: | Pacific Aerial Transport |
| Registration: | (VH-UQF) |
| MSN: | 1663 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Frisco River, Salamaua, Morobe -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Salamaua, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Fokker F.III H-NABV was registered to KLM, Den Haag, Netherlands, on 10 August 1922. It was fitted with a 420 hp Gnome-Rhône air-cooled 6 cylinder engine, and used mainly for freight and photographic work. In 1928 it was fitted with a new 420 hp Gnome-Rhône Titan engine and a metal Curtiss Reed propellor. It continued to fly for KLM and was re-registered PH-ABV on 28 February 1929.
One year later (November 1930) it was sold for £300, less engine, to Australian Ray Parer, owner of the Bulolo Goldfields & Co, and shipped out to New Guinea. Before it could receive its Australian registration VH-UQF, however, it crashed after take off from Salamaua, New Guinea on 18 March 1931. Aircraft crashed & wrecked following engine failure caused by faulty maintenance. Pilot R Parer (B Class Pilot). Minor injury to one passenger
A replacement aircraft was sourced, which was also registered as VH-UQF (the second). This aircraft was a Fokker F.VII, ex-H-NACR, later PH-ACR, and was delivered on 12 May 1931
Sources:
1. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/VH-UQF.html
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_PH-.html
3. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Mar31.html
4. http://www.europeanairlines.no/klm-and-the-fokker-f-ii-and-f-iii/
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-fokker-f3-near-frisco-river
6. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84&Itemid=20
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Jun-2010 12:30 | penguin832 | Updated [Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2011 09:29 | TB | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-May-2014 02:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Nov-2019 20:33 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
| 26-Jun-2023 02:55 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Source]] |
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