VH-PGC Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee
Six
(c/n 32-40415)
This was another of PAGAS'
Cherokees, a sister ship to -PGB and registered on the same day,
1
November 1968. Mike Madden saw it above at Moorabbin i n
December 1972. .VH-PGC
crashed on 29 February 1976, some 5 kilometers west of
Merimbula Aerodrome, NSW, follow-
ing what
appeared to be structural disintegration in flight.
The aircraft was engaged on a private
flight from
Cooma and was descending en route to
Merimbula when the accident occurred. The
investigation
report indicates that the aircraft was destroyed by aerodynamic and
impact forces.
Sadly, the six occupants were killed.