ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 26090
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 January 1947 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.84 Dragon |
| Owner/operator: | Mandated Airlines Ltd |
| Registration: | VH-AOS |
| MSN: | 2006 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mount Kerigomna, Eastern Highlands -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Lae, New Guinea (LAY/AYNZ) |
| Kerowagi, New Guinea | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
10.42: Built Mascot by De Havilland Aircraft Pty Ltd to RAAF order for 87 airframes
30.10.42: First flight DeHaviilands at Mascot, Sydney, NSW
5.11.42: Brought on RAAF charge as A34-17. Received at 2 Aircraft Depot Richmond ex De Havillands, Mascot, Sydney, NSW. Awaiting flight tests at 2 Aircraft Depot
23.11.42; Received 1 RCF ex 2 Aircraft Depot
4.12.42: Damaged at Wards Strip Port Moresby, on takeoff for Garing Strip, Amau to collect fresh vegetables. Swung off runway on takeoff due binding brakes and ran into a ditch on the side of the strip. Extensive damage. RAAF accident report quotes unit as “No.1 Rescue Squadron”
5.12.42: Issued 15 RSU for salvage. Not repairable on site. Depot repair recommended
27.12.42: Allotted De Havillands ex 15 RSU for repair
14.2.43: Issued De Havillands ex 15 RSU
14.10.43: Allotted 35 Squadron RAAF ex 2 Aircraft Park on completion of repairs at De Havillands. To be fitted with W/T (Wireless Telegraphy) equipment.
27.10.43: Received 2 Aircraft Park, Bankstown, Sydney, NSW
3.11.43: Received 35 Squadron ex-2AP
10.11.43: Received 7CU ex 35 Squadron RAAF
20.2.44: Damaged by storm at Broome. Extensive damage, beyond capacity of unit, not repairable on site
25.2.44: Allotted 17 R&SU ex 7 CU for repair
13.3.44: Received 17 R&SU ex 7 CU
30.3.44: Received 7 CU ex 17 RSU
9.5.44: Struck guy wires of a wireless mast while dropping mail at Minderoo WA, on a flight from Onslow to Exmouth.
6.6.44: Unserviceable due to damage to starboard mainplane and undercarriage
16.9.44: Received 5 AD Storage ex 7 CU
8.1.45: Survey report: Total Time 434 hours as at this date. Intended for first CDC disposals list of 20.2.45. Held at 5 AD Storage Section, RAAF Cootamundra
19.9.45: Survey report submitted to CDC, aircraft for disposal
25.9.45: Aircraft frozen (grounded) until disposed of
24.1.46: Aircraft has been sold by CDC to W.R.Carpenter Pty Ltd, 16 O’Connell St, Sydney for £400
5.2.46: Issued to purchaser and A34-17 ferried from Cootamundra to Mascot by R.A. Gray, a Mosquito test pilot for De Havilland Aircraft Pty Ltd, Bankstown, Sydney, NSW
16.3.46: Registration application: Mandated Airlines Ltd, Lae, New Guinea
4.46 VH-AOS & VH-APL are under overhaul by De Havilland Pty Ltd, Bankstown, Sydney and due to be flown to New Guinea in mid May 1946
29.4.46: Registered VH-AOS and C of A issued same day
6.46 Flown at Lae, Papaua New Guinea by Charles Eather who had been offered a pilot position with Mandated Airlines, he flew it again two weeks later on his last evaluation flight before resigning due his concern for the mountainous flying conditions.
29.1.47: Written off (destroyed) when crashed on the 3,447 metre (11.309 feet) Mount Kerigomna, New Guinea; struck ridge in cloud, totally wrecked. Mandated Air Lines Pilot Douglas G. Tapsall killed. Posted missing while on a cargo flight from Lae to Kerowagi, with no passengers aboard. Large aerial search for missing aircraft instituted by RAAF Catalinas based at Port Moresby.
1.2.47: The wreckage was located by crew of Mandated Air Lines DH.84 VH-ARJ. VH-AOS had struck the mountain at 10,500 feet elevation.
4.2.47:G round party reached the crash site and brought out the pilot's body. Had struck the mountain at 10,500 feet elevation.Pilot D. G. Tapsell killed.
31.5.47: Struck-off Register as "destroyed".
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pAus01.html
2. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a34.htm
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh84-dragon-mt-kerigomna-1-killed
4. https://www.pprune.org/dg-p-reporting-points/384700-merged-apng-twin-otter-missing-10.html [post #195]
5. http://www.goodall.com.au/australian-aviation/dh84-pt2/dh84-dragon-pt2.htm
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH84.pdf
7. http://www.chingchic.com/chics-aviation-1941-1948.html
8. https://mapcarta.com/16533948
9. https://peakvisor.com/peak/mount-kerigomna.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 23:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 09-Apr-2014 22:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2022 02:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 28-Jun-2023 08:53 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Time, Cn, Source, Narrative, Category]] |
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