ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 345727
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| Date: | Monday 19 April 1954 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | de Havilland DH-84 Dragon |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | VH-UXG |
| MSN: | 6077 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Archerfield Airport (ACF/YBAF), Archerfield, Brisbane, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Archerfield Airport (ACF/YBAF) |
Shortly after take-off from Archerfield Airport (ACF/YBAF), one of the aircraft's engines malfunctioned and the pilot executed a landing near the aerodrome. It was carrying newspapers to be delivered to Rockhampton and Gladstone, Queensland. Three people were aboard, two of them injured.
Stanley Porter was the pilot at the time of the crash. He perished on October 23, 1954 on a de Havilland DH-84 Dragon crash on Doboy Creek, City of Brisbane along with his son.
Sources:
https://www.goodall.com.au/australian-aviation/dh84-pt1/dh84-dragon-pt1.htm
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/217142221
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/217142296
ex.G-ACRF.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 October 2012 | VH-UXG | Desmond R Porter | 6 | near Borumba Dam, 36 km S of Gympie, QLD | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Sep-2023 17:20 | hmmptwizzle | Added |
| 26-Mar-2024 06:30 | A.J.Scholten | Updated [Cn, Source] |
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