VH-PQZ Cessna 172F
Skyhawk
(c/n 17253316)
Registered in October 1965, VH-PQZ had been N5679F prior to shipment to
Australia.
David Carter photographed it at Bankstown in 1969 anchored to Rex
Aviation’s concrete
block tie-downs. The Skyhawk was lost on the
night of June 7, 1971, when darkness,
low cloud and
heavy rain made the pilot lose visual contact with Parafield and he
became
lost. The
wreckage of –PQZ was found the next day near Elizabeth, both occupants
dead.