ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139742
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| Date: | Saturday 9 January 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 22 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Aero Club of South Australia |
| Registration: | VH-BWE |
| MSN: | C1/0072 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Parafield, 18 Km N of Adelaide, SA -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Parafield, South Australia (YPPF) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The official accident report reads "Struck a pole on landing and overturned at Parafield, SA on 9 January 1960". This aircraft was ex RAF WB630 (delivered 22 May 1950) and had originally been civilianized as EI-AJD from 21 July 1956 to 21 October 1958. It was acquired by the Royal Aero Club of South Australia as a replacement for VH-BWD (the second) which had burned after a crash at Sanderston, South Australia in July 1958.
Upon arriving in January 1959 it was assigned VH-BWD (the third). The Department of Civil Aviation said, however, that an aircraft should not be given the same registration as a machine which had crashed, and it was consequently re-registered VH-BWE.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983, p.20)
2. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austb/VH-BWE.html
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses_civil.htm
4. books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0954919408
5. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=343
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Nov-2011 15:32 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 25-Mar-2014 22:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2022 00:24 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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