ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 351787
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| Date: | Monday 12 February 1951 |
| Time: | 14:30 LT |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60M Moth |
| Owner/operator: | K. Drew |
| Registration: | VH-UPG |
| MSN: | DHA.2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | Old Toll Bar Road, near Toowoomba Range, Queensland -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Toowoomba City Aerodrome, Toowoomba, Queensland (TWB/YTWB)) |
Written off (destroyed) when crashed Old Toll Bar Road, Toowoomba Ranges, Qld 12.2.51; passenger killed, pilot seriously injured.
Sources:
1. Queensland Times (Ipswich, Qld.) Tuesday 13 February 1951 Page 1: ONE DEAD IN TOOWOOMBA AIR CRASH: BRASSALL MAN SERIOUSLY INJURED: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/124611290
2. Warwick Daily News (Warwick Qld.) Thursday 15 February 1951 Page 6: Still Gathering Evidence on Plane Crash: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/190772134
3. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-australian-register/vh-un-uz?highlight=WyJ2aC11cGciXQ==
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VH-U1.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pAus01.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toowoomba_City_Aerodrome#History
History of this aircraft
DHA.2 DH.60M [Gipsy I - or perhaps Gipsy II]: registered as VH-UPG [C of R 404] 20.10.30 to De Havilland Aircraft Pty Ltd, Mascot, Sydney, NSW. Re-registered 4.2.31 to V Roffey, Rockhampton, Qld. Damaged when struck post and car whilst being taxied in main street at Dingo, Qld 23.11.31; registration VH-UPG lapsed 3.2.32 as "withdrawn from use". Registration restored 4.4.32 to same owner. Registration lapsed again 3.4.33. Re-registered 7.5.36 to R Sorensen, Mackay, Qld. Re-registered 10.6.37 to J.J. Connor, Mackay, Qld.
Re-registered 12.1.46 to W R Dalgleish, Brisbane, Qld. Re-registered 7.2.46 to S J Porter, Brisbane, Qld. Re-registered 5.8.46 to Queensland Flying Services, Archerfield. Re-registered 7.3.47 to J G Barden, Brisbane [later Toowoomba, Qld]. Registration cancelled 19.12.47 in census. Registration restored 27.2.48 to same owner.
Re-registered 12.12.50 to K Drew, Esk, Qld.
Registration VH-UPG cancelled 7.3.51 as "destroyed".
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Feb-2024 08:29 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 19-Feb-2024 08:30 | ASN | Updated [Narrative] |
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