ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 137480
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| Date: | Tuesday 18 July 2006 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  General Dynamics RF-111C |
| Owner/operator: | 1 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | A8-143 |
| MSN: | D1-19 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAAF Amberley, Ipswich, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAAF Amberley, Queensland |
| RAAF Amberley, Queensland | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Delivered to RAAF 04/12/73. Modified to RF-111C by 3 Aircraft Depot in 1980. In Service with 1 Squadron RAAF in 2002. Had port main wheel separation and made a wheels up arrested landing at Amberley, Queensland on 18/7/2006. Both crew - Pilot, Flying officer Peter Komar and Navigator Flight Lieutenant Luke Warner were OK after this incident. A8-143 was not repaired, and was withdrawn from service.
All RAAF F-111's were grounded as a result and the fleet did not return to flying status on Tuesday 25/7/2006. Noted that A8-143 had retired and relocated on the RAAF Amberley dump by September 2010. Aircraft scrapped and fuselage buried at Swanbank landfill site near Ipswich, Queensland in November 2011
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20170921070650/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F_111/F-111.htm
http://adf-serials.com.au/3a8.shtml
http://www.f-111.net/t_no_C.htm
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jul-2011 12:39 | Anon. | Added |
| 02-Feb-2013 21:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2013 06:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2013 13:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 03-Feb-2013 18:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 04-Apr-2013 08:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 04-Apr-2013 08:10 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator]] |
| 10-Jun-2022 00:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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