ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27181
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 July 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Miles M.3A Falcon Major |
| Owner/operator: | Connellan Airways |
| Registration: | VH-AAS |
| MSN: | 209 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hatches Creek, NE of Alice Springs, NT -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Hatches Creek, Northern Territories |
First civil registered in the UK as G-ADZR (C of R 6586) on 13.12.1935. UK registration cancelled 8.6.1936. To Australia 24.7.36 from South Africa, where the aircraft was at the time of purchase. Registration (C of R 598) as VH-AAS.
Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) 23.7.1940 when crashed at Hatches Creek, Northern Territories. According to published sources:
"...a Miles Falcon VH-AAS was purchased from Arthur Schutt in March 1940, but it was not really suitable. It did fly some mail services to Wyndham but the problem of unsuitability was resolved on 23 July 1940 when it failed to climb away on take off at Hatches Creek, a Wolfram mine north-east of Alice Springs, whilst engaged on a medical evacuation flight. To make quite sure a bush fire then burnt the remains before it could salvaged."
All four occupants - patient, one passenger/medical attendant and two pilots - were rescued while the aircraft was destroyed.
Sources:
1. https://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austa/VH-AAS%281%29.html
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VH-A.html
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ADZR.pdf
4. http://www.airwaysmuseum.com/Connellan%20-%20Ian%20Leslies%20reminiscences.htm
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/aircraft/miles-m3b-falcon-major
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Apr-2014 17:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2014 18:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2014 18:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2018 21:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2022 10:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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