VH-DHD (ZZZZ) — routes, history & safety record

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 2009 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried VH-DHD.

December 3, 1993Accident
The pilot had planned to conduct a night charter flight over Melbourne and Port Phillip Bay, starting from and returning to Essendon Airport. Dinner was to be served in flight. The pilot gave a safety briefing to the passengers before starting the engines. He completed engine runups and pre-takeoff checks, including selecting 20° of flap.
De Havilland DH.104 Dove
The following factors were reported: - The right engine fuel control unit fuel pump failed causing the engine to fail at a critical phase of flight. - Maintenance inspections did not detect the abnormal wear on the thrust face of the right engine fuel control unit fuel pump. Full accident record
December 1, 1954AccidentHull loss
The crew was engaged in a local training flight to be familiarized on this aircraft that was registered on the Australian registry two days earlier. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing, the airplane crashed in a field and was destroyed. A pilot was killed while two other occupants were injured. Crew: Cpt T. H. Dalton, pilot, Reginald C.
De Havilland DH.104 Dove · 1 fatalities