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| Date: | Friday 3 January 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Auster AOP.9 |
| Owner/operator: | 656 Sqn AAC |
| Registration: | WZ707 |
| MSN: | B5/10/32 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | nr Taiping Perak -
 Malaysia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Taiping Perak, Malaya |
Force landed onto a vehicle track in the Trong rubber plant area after suffering engine failure ten minutes after take off from Taiping Perak, Malaya. The undercarriage was ripped off by a tree stump but the pilot, the only occupant, escaped unhurt
Sources:
www.ukserials.com/losses-1958.htm
http://www.auster.ukf.net/p38.htm
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=4389
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 September 1957 | WZ706 | 656 Sqn AAC | 0 | Paddy Field, 100 miles inside Thailand |  |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Dec-2012 18:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jan-2013 13:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 27-May-2013 05:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
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