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    Airframe Family: Armstrong Whitworth AW-650/660 Argosy
    Latest Model:AW-650-222 Argosy
    Construction Number:6803
    Last Civil Registration:VH-IPA
    Compressed ID:Armstrong Whitworth AW-650-222 cn 6...
    Latest Owner or Location:IPEC-Interstate Parcel Express Company

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    Dates

    Event

    1965

    Constructed as an AW-650-222.

    28 April 1965

    To British European Airways with new c/r G-ASXO.

    April 1970

    To Transair/Midwest with new c/r C-FTAX.

    2 November 1976

    To SOACA with new c/r TR-LWQ.

    22 May 1978

    To IPEC Aviation with new c/r VH-IPA.

    13 February 1989


    Photographer: Danny Tanner
    Notes: At Adelaide International, Australia

    By 3 May 1989

    To IPEC-Interstate Parcel Express Company with new c/r VH-IPA.

    3 May 1989

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was damaged but was repairable. The cargo flight departed Sydney-Kingsford Smith International Airport, NSW (SYD/YSSY), Australia and was destined for Melbourne-Tullamarine Airport, VIC (MEL/YMML), Australia. The accident occurred at Melbourne-Tullamarine Airport, VIC (MEL) (Australia) while taxiing. Narrative: While taxiing after a normal landing, a rumbling noise was heard from the vicinity of the nosegear, the hydraulic low pressure light illuminated and nosegear steering authority was lost...
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

    December 1990

    Civil registration, VH-IPA, cancelled.

    Scrapped.
    At Melbourne Essendon.
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