ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 74139
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 February 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Auster J/5 Adventurer |
| Owner/operator: | Gibes Sepik Airways |
| Registration: | VH-KSS |
| MSN: | 2873 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bulolo, Morobe -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Bulolo, Morobe Province, New Guinea |
| Lae, Morobe Province, New Guinea | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Aircraft completely wrecked and written off, remains sold and aircraft re-emerged, re-registered as VH-WBS to Kingsford Smith Flying School, sold again, final crash at Mittagong in 1953
Sources:
1. Balus - Vol 1
2. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=2760
3. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?101423-When-Is-An-Auster-Not-Just-An-Auster
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 December 1971 | VH-WBS | R.J. Nelson | 0 | 2 miles E of Coolah, NSW |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Apr-2010 22:37 | Petro | Added |
| 14-May-2014 02:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2023 11:25 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Date, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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