ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162967
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| Date: | Sunday 21 February 1932 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Avro 594 Avian IV |
| Owner/operator: | J.A.Kerr & Flt/Lt C T. P. Ulm |
| Registration: | VH-UJZ |
| MSN: | R3/CN/202 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Geelong Road, near Footscray, VIC -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Essendon, Melbourne (MEB/YMEN) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no R3/CN/202 Avro 594 Avian IV: C of A 1708 issued 29.11.28 to Edgar Percival. Registered G-AUJZ [C of R 252] 24.1.29 to Edgar W Percival, Sydney. Re-registered as VH-UJZ 2.10.29 to Western Aero Club Ltd, Bathurst, NSW. Re-registered 6.6.30 to W.J. Hickey & J.A. Kerr, Sydney, NSW. Re-registered 26.3.31 to J.A. Kerr, Sydney, NSW.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when hit power lines and crashed at Geelong Road, near Footscray, Brooklyn, Victoria, 21.2.32. Shortly after takeoff from Melbourne-Essendon Airport, the airplane collided with power cables and crashed in Footscray. Both occupants were seriously injured and the aircraft was destroyed.
According to a contemporary local newspaper report ("The Argus" (Melbourne, Victoria) Monday 22 Feb 1932 Page 5):
AEROPLANE CRASHES AT BROOKLYN.-
F/Lt (Aus.7566) Charles Thomas Phillipe ULM and Mr. J. A. KERR, two well-known airmen, were seriously injured when an aeroplane, after striking the main electricity transmission pylons on the Geelong-road, near Footscray, late yesterday afternoon, fell on the roadway. In the picture, which was taken soon after the accident, the high-voltage cable Is seen lying across the fuselage of the wrecked machine".
Registration VH-UJZ cancelled 30.4.32.
(*Footscray is a suburb 5 km west of Melbourne, Australia. Its local government area is the City of Maribyrnong, at approximate co-ordinates: 37.798°S 144.899°E)
Sources:
1. The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria Monday 22 Feb 1932 Page 5: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4412088/488251
2. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/VH-UJZ.html
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VH-U.html
4. https://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-australian-register
5. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/Accidents/Feb32.html
6. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/avian.pdf
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-594-avian-iv-melbourne
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footscray,_Victoria
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jan-2014 11:43 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 03-Jan-2014 02:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Narrative] |
| 03-Jan-2014 02:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jun-2022 20:44 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 27-May-2023 11:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Location]] |
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