ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28567
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Date: | Saturday 4 February 1956 |
Time: | |
Type: | Avro 652A Anson I |
Owner/operator: | West Darling Air Service |
Registration: | VH-ICA |
MSN: | 205 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Wanaaring, NSW -
Australia
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Wanaaring, NSW |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Ex-RAF Anson Mk.I AW867: To RAAF at 2 Aircraft Park 28.11.41 (but still retained RAF serial number). To 2 AOS 9.2.42. To 67 Squadron as ‘MK-G’ 15.12.42. Brakes failed while taxying, Mount Gambier, South Australia, 22.12.42. To Guinea Airways for overhaul 18.10.44. To 6 SFTS 19.3.45. To CMU Mallala (date?). To CMU Nhill 18.2.46. To Point Cook store 2.9.46.
Put up for sale 15.9.52. CoR No 2000 as VH-ICA issued 29.5.53 to Inter-Coastal Airlines, East St Kilda, Victoria. Transferred 21.7.54 to Australian Aircraft Sales, Kings Cross, NSW. Transferred 17.10.55 to West Darling Air Service Pty Ltd, Kings Cross, NSW.
Damaged beyond repair when crashed on take off at Wanaaring, NSW, 4.2.56 (reportedly due to a tyre bursting on take off). Registration VH-ICA cancelled 7.3.56 at owner's request. Wreckage still present 30.6.66, but reportedly destroyed or washed away due to local flooding later the same year.
Sources:
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http://www.adf-gallery.com.au//2a4.shtml 2.
http://web.archive.org/web/20081122055219/http://www.baaa-acro.com/Pays/A/Australie-1950-1959.htm 3.
http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austcl/VH-ICA.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Sep-2008 01:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
17-Mar-2012 08:57 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
18-Apr-2012 14:04 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
24-Mar-2014 22:10 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
09-Apr-2022 10:42 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
31-Oct-2023 21:58 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [[Aircraft type]] |
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