ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 74153
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Date: | Monday 16 August 1965 |
Time: | |
Type: | Victa Airtourer 115 |
Owner/operator: | Ben Hall |
Registration: | VH-MUB |
MSN: | 49 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
Location: | Missing off Hinchinbrook Island, QLD -
Australia
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Cairns (YBCS) |
Destination airport: | Townsville (YBTL) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Ex-N4350Y (not taken up?), registered in Australia as VH-MUB in July 1964. Missing on flight from Cairns to Townsville 16 August 1965. Flight originated from Madang, Papua New Guinea. Aircraft presumed to have crashed into the sea. Pilot also presumed killed, as no trace of the pilot or the aircraft was ever found. May have ditched off Hinchinbrook Island, Queensland, as that seems to have been the final radar/radio contact during the flight.
Registration VH-MUB cancelled 31/8/1965
Sources:
1.
http://www.airtourer.asn.au/jupgrade/lists-by-serial-no-or-rego/63-list-by-serial-number 2.
http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWAirtourer.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Apr-2010 23:43 |
Petro |
Added |
29-Mar-2014 22:20 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
26-Nov-2021 00:43 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
03-Jun-2023 09:10 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [[Location]] |
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