ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 34021
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 February 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed 10B Electra |
| Owner/operator: | Ansett Airways |
| Registration: | VH-UZN |
| MSN: | 1106 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Essendon, Melbourne, VIC -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
"Ansirius" destroyed along with three other Ansett aircraft in hangar fire at Essendon Airport on 28 February 1939. The four aircraft lost were: Lockheed Electra VH-UZN, DH.60 Moth VH-UNF, Fokker Universal VH-UTO and Porterfield Flyabout VH-UVH. Two other (non-Ansett) aircraft were lost, a total of six; Avro Avian VH-UGA, and Percival Vega Gull VH-ABS
Electra VH-UZN had been grounded the day before for a complete replacement of the port engine. The fire that destroyed all four aircraft is believed to have started in the rear fuselage of VH-UZN, which had approximately 250 gallons of AVGAS (aviation fuel) on board
Only the tail and a few feet of the rear fuselage survived; the rest was completely incinerated. (See the photo on link #3)
Sources:
1. http://www.aussieairliners.org/L-10%20electra/vh-uzn/vhuzn.html
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20160422181219/http://adastron.com/lockheed/electra/vh-uzn.htm
3. http://www.airwaysmuseum.com/Ansett%20hangar%20fire%2028-2-39.htm
4. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/VH-UZN.html
5. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48310170
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Apr-2010 12:48 | TB | Updated [Phase, Damage] |
| 24-Apr-2010 02:14 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2014 17:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2014 17:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location] |
| 09-May-2014 17:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2015 16:36 | TB | Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative] |
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