ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139881
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| Date: | Saturday 7 April 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 22 |
| Owner/operator: | Wagga Wagga Air Taxi & Flying School |
| Registration: | VH-WFC |
| MSN: | C1/0275 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Forest Hill Aerodrome, Wagga Wagga, NSW -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Forest Hill, Wagga Wagga (WGA/YSWG) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
As WD334, this Chipmunk was delivered to the RAF on 15/2/1951. Struck off charge when sold at 20 MU RAF Aston Down in 1959 for sale to Australia
It was first registered as VH-WFC to Wagga Wagga Air Taxi & Flying School in December 1959. On 7 April 1962 Neil Whybrow (instructor) and a trainee were practicing an engine failure on take-off from Forest Hill Aerodrome, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, when the aircraft struck a tree and slewed around, fortunately remaining upright. The engine was torn off and the undercarriage and wings damaged enough to write the aircraft off. The occupants were, fortunately, not seriously injured.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1983, p.24)
2. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austmz/VH-WFC.html
3. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=343
4. http://www.waggabiketyres.com/VH-WFC%20No%20Smoking.jpg [picture of wreckage]
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WD
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Nov-2011 15:34 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 13-Nov-2011 17:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 31-Mar-2014 02:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2014 15:54 | TB | Updated [Location, Embed code] |
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