ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 156760
Last updated: 31 October 2020
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| Date: | 21-NOV-1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 150 |
| Owner/operator: | University of Western Australia Flying Club |
| Registration: | VH-UWA |
| C/n / msn: | 17614 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Beermullah, 80 km N of Perth, WA -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| near Beermullah, WA, 80 km N of Perth |
19.2.1960: Delivered with US registration N7814E, first registered in Australia as VH-BWG to Royal Aero Club of South Australia, Parafield Airport, SA. On 7.7.1964: sold to Rex Aviation Ltd, Bankstown, NSW. On 14.8.1964: Re-registered as VH-UER to University of Western Australia Flying Club. On 30.9.1965: Re-registered to same owners as VH-UWA (note "contrived" registration: UWA = University of Western Australia)
On 21.11.1966: Written-off when struck a tree and overturned during precautionary landing near Beermullah, 80 km north of Perth, Western Australia. Precautionary landing unsuccessfully aborted, and aircraft crashed during aborted climb-out/go-around. On 24.4.1967: Registration cancelled as "destroyed".
Sources:
1. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austmz/VH-UWA.html
2. http://uniflying.org.au/about-university-flying-club/history/#VH-UER
3. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austmz/VH-UER.html
4. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austb/VH-BWG%283%29.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jun-2013 11:04 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 19-Jun-2013 11:25 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Country, Narrative] |
| 31-Mar-2014 22:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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