ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27130
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| Date: | Friday 9 October 1931 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60 Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Australian Aero Club (Western Australia Section) |
| Registration: | VH-UFK |
| MSN: | 279 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Maylands, Perth, WA -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Maylands Aerodrome, Parth, Western Australia |
| Maylands Aerodrome, Perth, Western Australia | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
G-AUFK [Cof R 162] registered 13.4.27 to West Australian Airways, Maylands; fitted with Cirrus II. First flight 19.5.27. Re-registered VH-UFK 7.12.29. Re-registered 4.30 to Civil Aviation Branch, Dept of Defence and operated by Australian Aero Club (WA Section), Maylands.
Badly damaged in heavy landing Maylands Aerodrome, Perth, Western Australia, 9.10.31. While on a training flight, pilot missed the approach and the single engine aircraft hit violently the ground on landing. While the aircraft was damaged beyond repair, the pilot was injured. Registration VH-UFK cancelled 27.4.32.
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
2. http://www.airwaysmuseum.com/DH60%20VH-UGO.htm
3. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/G-AUFK.html
4. https://www.raafawa.org.au/museum/index.php
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60-moth-perth
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VH-U.html
7. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84&Itemid=27
8. http://www.alanblencowe.com/FSX_FlightHistory/Aircraft_of_WA.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-May-2013 01:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2014 03:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Aug-2017 14:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Mar-2020 18:08 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
| 07-Jun-2022 19:13 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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