ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 74140
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| Date: | Thursday 13 November 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth |
| Owner/operator: | J.K.Gray |
| Registration: | VH-URI |
| MSN: | 4084 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Boana, Morobe -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Boana, Papua New Guinea |
| Goroka, Papua New Guinea | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
To DH Australia with CofA 4117 issued 15.12.33. Registered VH-URI [CofR 473] 22.2.34 to QANTAS Ltd, Brisbane. Sold 10.12.34 and registered 22.1.35 to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd, Archerfield.
Crashed on take-off Wandoola, 8.1.36; repaired. Forced landed and ran into ditch at Mitchell River 27.2.39; repaired. Undercarriage collapsed on take-off Wandoola, 23.1.46; repaired.
Badly damaged when overran strip on take-off Boana, NG 24.11.50; repaired. Registered 30.4.52 to N.R. Wilde, Wau, Papua New Guinea. Re-registered 26.6.58 to J.K. Gray, Goroka, New Guinea.
Crashed on take off from Boana, Papua New Guinea (at an unspecified date in October/November(?) 1958) and registration cancelled 13.11.58
NOTE: Date of 13.11.58 is the date that the registration VH-URI was cancelled, and not necessarily the same date that the accident took place.
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh83.pdf
2. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/VH-URI.html
3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-149680999/view
4. http://www.goodall.com.au/australian-aviation/dh83/dh83.htm
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VH-U1.html
6. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84&Itemid=20
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Apr-2010 22:37 | Petro | Added |
| 11-Dec-2011 19:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Dec-2011 19:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Nature, Narrative] |
| 08-May-2014 19:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jun-2023 18:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
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