ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27093
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| Date: | Sunday 25 February 1923 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8 |
| Owner/operator: | Qantas |
| Registration: | G-AUCF |
| MSN: | H4561 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Jericho, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Jericho, Queensland |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Actually the 20th aircraft registered in Australia, this ex-military general purpose aircraft was previously in the RAF as H4561, its serial number normally given as its c/no. First registered to the Commercial Aviation Company of Rochester, Victoria in June 1921, this ancient machine was sold to Qantas in September of 1922. It crashed at Jericho, Queensland on 25 February 1923, without any fatalities, and was stricken from the register some six weeks later.
Sources:
1. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/G-AUCF.html
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacRobertson_Miller_Airlines
3. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/84-register-australia
4. http://www.aviationcollection.org/MMA/mma.htm
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-AU.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho,_Queensland
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Oct-2013 23:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2014 18:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2022 07:55 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 08-Jun-2022 23:53 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
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