Date:	Saturday 1 February 1958
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	Super Spread Aviation Pty Ltd
Registration:	VH-BJG
MSN:	DHA.265
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Wattlebank, 20 miles North of Rockhampton, Queensland -   Australia
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Agricultural
Departure airport:	Wattlebank Airstrip, Queensland
Destination airport:	Rockhampton Airport, Queensland (ROK/YBRK)

Narrative:
DH.82A Tiger Moth VH-BJG, Super Spread Aviation Pty Ltd: Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed into fence on take-off from a airstrip near Wattlebank, 20 miles North of Rockhampton, Queensland 1.2.58 during agricultural (crop spraying/top dressing) operations. According to the summary of the DCA report into the incident

"The aircraft ran through the upwind boundary fence during an attempted take-off from a sub-standard strip".

(The DCA Report states the location of the incident as "Rockhampton North" [sic]). Registration VH-BJG cancelled 3.8.60.

Wattlebank is a rural locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia, 20 miles North of Rockhampton.

1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
2. https://airwaysmuseum.com/Downloads/DCA%20accident%20reports%201956%20to%201968%20v2.pdf
3. https://edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austb/VH-BJG.html
4. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a17a.htm
5. https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/11972:vh-bjg-1
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pAus2.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wattlebank

c/no. DHA.265: Taken on charge as A17-246 at 2 Aircraft Depot, RAAF Richmond, NSW 3.2.41. To 1 EFTS RAAF Parafield, Adelaide, SA 21.3.41. To Guinea Airways, Parafield, SA 21.12.42 for overhaul; upon completion, returned to 1 EFTS RAAF Parafield, Adelaide, SA 15.3.43. Upon completion delivered to RAAF Tamworth, NSW 29.5.44. Withdrawn from service to storage 7.10.44. Transferred to Care & Maintenance Unit RAAF Tamworth, NSW 12.12.44 for long-term storage pending disposal. Put up for sale 7.6.46.

Struck off charge when sold 15.8.46 for £125 to Queensland Air Transport Brigade, Brisbane, Queensland; issued to them 5.9.46. Registered as VH-BJG (C of R 1549) 4.6.48 to Queensland Aerial Ambulance & Taxis Services Pty Ltd, Archerfield, Brisbane, Queensland. Re-registered 5.5.50 to Robert H MacIntosh, Longreach, Queensland. Re-registered 18.11.54 to Robert H MacIntosh & Roma Aerial Services Pty Ltd, Roma, Queensland. Re-registered 12.1.56 to Super Spread Pty Ltd, Moorabbin, Melbourne, Victoria. Re-registered 19.8.57 to Super Spread Aviation Pty Ltd, Moorabbin, Melbourne, Victoria.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed into fence on take-off near Wattlebank, 20 miles North of Rockhampton, Queensland 1.2.58. Registration VH-BJG cancelled 3.8.60.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-Apr-2025 05:35	Dr. John Smith	Added