ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 62398
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| Date: | Thursday 30 October 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Mandated Airlines Ltd |
| Registration: | VH-UQP |
| MSN: | 4020 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Black Cat Trail, Bitoi Valley, Morobe -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Wau, Morobe Province, New Guinea |
Built by De Havilland at Hatfeld 1932. To DH Australia with C of A 3623 issued 20.10.32. Registered VH-UQP [C of R 452] 9.12.32 to W R Carpenter & Co Ltd, Salamaua, New Guinea; named "Jacqueline"; delivered 14.1.33. Change of name 9.36 to Mandated Airlines Ltd [and re-registered to them 16.10.36].
Crashed near Golden Ridges, New Guinea 15.3.40; pilot, Brian Carpenter injured; salvaged and rebuilt. Crashed for the second and final time, Bitoi Valley, New Guinea 30.10.41 [pilot Fred T. Bryce] and, this time, damaged beyond economical repair, being written off. Registration VH-UQP cancelled 17.11.41 as "destroyed"
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh83.pdf
2. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/VH-UQP.html
3. http://www.goodall.com.au/australian-aviation/dh83/dh83.htm
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VH-U1.html
5. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84&Itemid=20
6. https://www.lonelyplanet.com/papua-new-guinea/black-cat-trail
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 19-Mar-2013 01:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 19-Mar-2013 01:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-May-2014 03:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2023 04:43 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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