VH-BUW (PAY3) — routes, history & safety record

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Safety history

June 15, 2012Accident
Piper Aircraft Corp PA-42

Earlier aircraft with this registration

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1980 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried VH-BUW.

March 21, 1957Accident
GSA pilot Peter Manser was making a down-hill takeoff on the sloping strip, carrying a heavy load of sawn timber. Just before becoming airborne the port engine suddenly lost all power, causing the aircraft to swing violently to the left and roll towards the Qantas terminal building and freight shed. The Qantas agent Mrs.
Junkers Ju52
The accident was probably caused by a loss of power, for reasons undetermined, at a critical stage of the takeoff. Full accident record