ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 26087
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| Date: | Tuesday 7 October 1930 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Guinea Airways |
| Registration: | VH-UHJ |
| MSN: | 466 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wau Airport, Wau, Bulolo, Morobe -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bulolo, Morobe Province, New Guinea |
| Wau Airport, Wau, Bulolo, Morobe Province, New Guinea | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 466: DH.60X [Cirrus II] Moth sold to DeHavilland Australia without C of A. Registered as G-AUHJ [C of R 205] 25.5.28 to C D Pratt, Salamaua, New Guinea. Re-registered 23.11.28 to Airgold Ltd, Sydney [based Lae, New Guinea]. Re-registered as VH-UHJ 28.3.29. Re-registered 7.8.30 to Guinea Airways Ltd, Wau, Bulolo, Morobe, New Guinea.
Written off when crashed on landing Wau Airport, Wau, Bulolo, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea 7.10.30; On last segment, while landing, aircraft was struck to the ground by strong crosswinds. The single engine aircraft hit the runway surface, went out of control, veered off runway and came to rest. While both occupants were injured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Registration VH-UHJ cancelled 7.9.31 as "destroyed".
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-AU.html
2. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-australian-register/g-au?highlight=WyJnLWF1aGoiXQ==
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VH-U.html
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-bulolo
5. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Oct30.html
6. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
7. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-australian-register/vh-ua-um?highlight=WyJnLWF1aGoiXQ==
8. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p004.html
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wau_Airport_(Papua_New_Guinea)
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Jan-2014 19:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 29-Aug-2017 15:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 14-Aug-2019 06:31 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
| 25-Jun-2023 11:33 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Source]] |
| 30-Dec-2023 15:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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