ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139742
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| Date: | 09-JAN-1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 22 |
| Operator: | Royal Aero Club of South Australia |
| Registration: | VH-BWE |
| C/n / msn: | C1/0072 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Parafield, 18 Km N of Adelaide, South Australia -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Parafield, South Australia (YPPF) |
The official accident report reads "Struck a pole on landing at Parafield on 9 January 1960". This aircraft was ex RAF WB630 and had originally been civilianized as EI-AJD. 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:
http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austb/VH-BWE.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Nov-2011 15:32 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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