ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 26096
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| Date: | Saturday 13 July 1935 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Guinea Airways |
| Registration: | VH-UKL |
| MSN: | 973 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kaiapit, Morobe Province, Markham District -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Lae, New Guinea (LAY/AYNZ) |
| Kaiapit, Morobe Province, Markham District, New Guinea (KIA/PKSA) |
DH.60G [Gipsy I] to DH Australia with C of A 1752 issued 4.1.29. Registered as G-AUKL [C of R 275] 2.4.29 to S.J. Taylor & L.H. Ross, t/a Taylor & Ross Air Transport Co, Lae, New Guinea. Crashed into trees near Lae 12.5.29 following engine failure; repaired. Re-registered VH-UKL 31.10.29. Registration lapsed 15.5.31 as "withdrawn from use". Sold 29.8.31 and re-registered 16.2.32 to Guinea Airways Ltd, Lae, New Guinea.
On 13.7.35, while on final approach, just prior to landing, the aircraft stalled and hit the ground at Kaiapit, Morobe Province, Markham District, Papua New Guinea. The aircraft went out of control, veered off the grassy runway and came to rest, after bursting into in flames. While both occupants were slightly injured, the aircraft was destroyed. It appears that a foreign object got into the injection system and cut the fuel supply to the engine, and it stopped on final approach.
Registration VH-UKL cancelled 28.1.36. Parts used to rebuild VH-UIO: remainder of airframe sold to School of Mines Adelaide as an instructional airframe in 1937
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VH-U.html
2. As G-AUKL: https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-australian-register/g-au?highlight=WyJnLWF1a2wiXQ==
3. As VH-AKL: https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-australian-register/vh-ua-um?highlight=WyJnLWF1a2wiXQ==
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-AU.html
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60g-moth-kaiapit
6. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p009.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiapit
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Jan-2014 21:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 24-Aug-2017 11:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Nov-2020 14:10 | Sergey L. | Updated [Cn, Source] |
| 25-Jun-2023 11:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Cn, Source]] |
| 31-Oct-2023 07:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[[Cn, Source]]] |
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