VH-EBQ (A332) — routes, history & safety record

Usually based at BNE

Most frequent routes

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 2011 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried VH-EBQ.

July 16, 1951Accident
The three engine aircraft left Bulolo at 0835LT bound for Lae. 31 minutes later, while approaching Lae Airport, the pilot informed ground about his position over the mouth of Markham River.
De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover · 7 fatalities
The initial finding of investigation by DCA and QEA was a pilot error in that he continued the flight under VFR into reduced visibility in low cloud and rain. The wreckage salvaged included the centre propeller which was missing blade. This was assumed to be caused by the impact with the sea. Full accident record