ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27111
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 December 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro 652A Anson I |
| Owner/operator: | East-West Airlines Ltd |
| Registration: | VH-BKL |
| MSN: | 44-8195016 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Engine model: | Textron Lycoming O-360-E1A6D/ LO-360-EIA6D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Stanthorpe, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Brisbane |
| Glen Innes | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF Anson DJ172. Delivered to the RAAF at Point Cook 31.8.42 (but retained RAF serial). 6 SFTS 21.9.42. Ansett 25.4.45. 1 AD 29.10.45. 1 CU 24.1.46. CMU Wagga Wagga 4.3.46. Sold 10.12.46. CoR No 1539 as VH-BKL issued 14.4.48 to East-West Airlines Ltd, Tamworth, NSW
This civil conversion of RAAF Anson DJ172 was carried out by Anson specialists Brown & Dureau at their base at the old Belmont Common aerodrome at Geelong for East-West Airlines in 1948 It was ferried to Tamworth, NSW by Capt Arch Smith on 14 April, 1948.
After two years flying passenger airline services, BKL made a forced landing near Stanthorpe, Qld on 5 December 1950 when smoke appeared from one of its Cheetah engines while flying a scheduled Brisbane-Glen Innes service. Captain Smith (now EWA's Flight Superintendent) made a forced landing with gear retracted in among the fruit trees of an orchard, coming to rest with its nose just clear of a fruit packing shed. Capt Smith and his three passengers were unhurt.
The airline removed some parts from the wreck and donated the intact airframe to the Italian fruit grower on whose land it had crashed, and for whom years later had Anson components in use all over his orchard. Civil registration VH-BKL formally cancelled 2.3.1951
Sources:
http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austb/VH-BKL.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20081122055219/http://www.baaa-acro.com/Pays/A/Australie-1950-1959.htm
http://www.adf-gallery.com.au//2a4.shtml
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Mar-2012 06:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2022 02:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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