ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25652
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| Date: | Tuesday 20 August 1935 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.61 Giant Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Guinea Airways |
| Registration: | VH-UQJ |
| MSN: | 331 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Wau, Bulolo, Morobe -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Salamaua, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Wau, Bulolo, Morobe Province, New Guinea | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
This aircraft was acquired by West Australian Airways in 1932 from the U.K. where it had been G-AAAN. (First registered in the UK as such 11 February 1930; UK registration cancelled January 1932). Ten of these large single engine transports were built; the cabin could accommodate 8 passengers. WAA used it on their North West Air Mail route segment from Perth to Carnarvon.
VH-UQJ was sold in 1935 to Guinea Airways at Salamaua when WAA lost out on the airmail contract to MacRoberston Miller Aviation. VH-UQJ was badly damaged during a landing at Wau, New Guinea on 20 August 1935, following a gear failure. No victims but aircraft damaged beyond repair.
Registration VH-UQJ cancelled 19 September 1936 as "withdrawn from use" and the aircraft was broken up at Wau, PNG
Sources:
1. http://www.airwaysmuseum.com/DH61%20Giant%20Moth%20in%20WA.htm
2. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/VH-UQJ.html
3. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AAAN.pdf
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Giant_Moth#History
5. http://www.alanblencowe.com/FSX_FlightHistory/Aircraft_of_WA.htm
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p003.html
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh61-giant-moth-wau
8. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/75-register-gb-g-aa
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-May-2014 02:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2020 18:27 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
| 25-Jun-2023 19:40 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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