ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27185
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| Date: | Sunday 16 October 1938 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Simmonds Spartan |
| Owner/operator: | Airlines (WA) Ltd |
| Registration: | VH-URB |
| MSN: | 63 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mundaring Weir, near Perth, WA -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Perth Jandakot (JAD/YPJT) Western Australia |
| Adelaide-Parafield (ADL/YPAD) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Spartan Three-seater [Gipsy II] C of A 3328 issued 20.1.32 to Robert Bryce & Co Pty Ltd. Imported from England April 1932, this two-in-the-front-and-one-behind biplane was initially registered on 20.4.32 as VH-URB to Australian agents Bryce and Co Pty Ltd at Essendon, Melbourne. It was sold the following year and re-registered 9.6.33 to J.J. Thorpe of Perth, then to James Taxi Planes Ltd also od Perth, WA, on 21.8.34 and finally to Airlines (WA) Ltd on 3.10.35 named "Miss Leonora".
VH-URB was written off in a crash at Mundaring Weir in the Perth Hills on 16.10.38. Pilot J.H. Moore reported that he had been caught in a severe downdraft over heavily wooded terrain. Both he and the sole passenger escaped injury, although the Spartan was deemed damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
1. http://wight.hampshireairfields.co.uk/sim.html
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1938/archives/crash-of-a-simmonds-spartan-in-australia/]
3. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/airfields/net.html
4. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/VH-URB.html
5. https://www.raafawa.org.au/museum/index.php
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VH-U1.html
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Apr-2014 18:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2019 06:57 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Photo] |
| 16-Oct-2019 06:57 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Photo] |
| 07-Jun-2022 19:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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