ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18247
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| Date: | Saturday 16 December 1961 |
| Time: | 17:00 LT |
| Type: |  Auster J/1B Aiglet |
| Owner/operator: | Farmair Pty LTD |
| Registration: | VH-ABP |
| MSN: | 2703 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Marilla Station near Giralia Station Homestead, WA -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Roebourne, WA |
| supposedly to Port Hedland | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off 16/12/1961 when crashed near Giralia Station, Western Australia (at approximate co-ordinates 22° 41′ 0″ S, 114° 22′ 0″ E). All three persons on board were killed. According to an eyewitness report:
"On the day that I last saw this aircraft I was driving my open Jeep back from point Samson to Roebourne when I saw this aircraft take off and head out of my sight in a south-westerly direction. I knew the well because of the colour and its very distinctive VERY large registration letters.
Next morning about 7am I was woken by people of authority asking me the relevant questions. I could not convince anyone that the plane had left in a S/W direction as I was told then it was due in Port Hedland later the previous day. I was part of the search team next day, ALL to the north and west. A total waste of time and resources.
The compass in these planes is fitted at maximum height and distance from magnetic influences add has to be read via a mirror; something I found to be very difficult when I was a student pilot.
The crash and burn site proved to be about 150 - 200 miles and the time would have been dusk or later in the very S/W direction as I had told the searchers. I am now 85 years old, but I can remember the details of these events very clearly. Regards, Ross Patterson."
Sources:
1. Eyewitness report (see above)
2. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=2589
3. Visit to site
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-May-2011 02:41 | bobdev | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Nature, Damage] |
| 15-Mar-2014 12:43 | ross patterson | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 28-Mar-2014 22:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2014 08:21 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code] |
| 25-Jul-2014 06:53 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code] |
| 15-Oct-2020 08:15 | bmclarty | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Photo] |
| 07-Jun-2022 20:08 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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