VH-KWT Cessna 172H
Skyhawk
(c/n 17255095)
Registered in December 1966, VH-KWT had carried the registration N1700F
before being
crated and shipped to Australian Cessna agent Rex Aviation .
David Carter snapped it taxying
in a Mascot in
1968. The 1976 register gave the owner as Andado Pastoral
Company. 150
miles south-east of Alice Springs. Andado Station was where
–KWT was written off when
it crashed on
July 11, 1978. It is believed the pilot, who owned Andado, may
have suffered
a heart attack as he neared home. His injuries were not so
serious as to be life-threatening .
However he died two days later of heart failure at an Alice Springs
hospital.