VH-UYC · E190

Earlier aircraft with this registration

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 2005 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried VH-UYC.

• October 25, 1938AccidentHull loss

  While descending to Melbourne, the crew lost his orientation and was unable to locate the airport of Essendon. The pilot continued the descent and the aircraft named 'Kyeema' went through a thick layer of cloud when it impacted trees and crashed in a wooded and hilly terrain located in Mont Dandenong, some 40 km east of Essendon Airport. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all 18 occupants were killed. Crew: A. C. Webb, pilot, A. J. Steen, copilot, Phillip Pring

  Douglas DC-2 · 18 fatalities

  The following deficiencies were identified as contributing to the accident: 1) The aircraft’s navigational log was either not kept or had not been properly utilized during the latter part of the flight, as required by the carrier; 2) The company’s procedure for descent through an overcast into this airport was not adopted, and 3) A request for a bearing… Full accident record