ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18462
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| Date: | Monday 10 March 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Auster J/8L Aiglet Trainer |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | VH-UYQ |
| MSN: | 3151 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Sunbury, VIC -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Sunbury, Victoria | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
This Auster was built as G-AMYI, the one and only J/5K with a Blackburn Cirrus Major 3 engine. First registered as such 23 February 1953. When re-engined in the 1970s with a de Havilland Gipsy Major 1 it became the J/8L. It was exported to Australia in 1977 becoming VH-UYQ. (UK registration G-AMYI was cancelled 5 October 1977)
Damaged in collision with Cessna VH-PEA at Sunbury, Victoria 10 March 1980. A long period of inactivity followed, but the machine eventually resurfaced as VH-RIE. It was restored (its third rebuild) at Riddells Creek, Victoria and had its first flight as VH-RIE on 24 April 2008 resplendent in pseudo RAF AOP markings with a minuscule registration under the horizontal stabilizer.
Sources:
1. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=3040
2. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austmz/VH-UYQ.html
3. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AMYI-1.pdf
4. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AMYI-2.pdf
5. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1100418/
Media:
Auster VH-RIE (ex-VH-UYQ) at Temora, NSW, April 25, 2008
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-May-2014 19:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2022 02:58 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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