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===Aircraft crashes=== A number of aircraft have crashed in and around the Barrington Tops; Aeroplane Hill is named after one of the crashes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gloucesteradvocate.com.au/story/5823242/interesting-facts-about-barrington-tops/|title=Interesting facts about Barrington Tops|date=25 December 2018|website=[[Gloucester Advocate]]|access-date=18 July 2019}}</ref> The altitude, frequent fog and cloud, storms and cold weather (causing icing) make this area potentially hazardous to aircraft. One article refers to the "Devil's Triangle". *16 April 1945 β [[De Havilland Mosquito]] A52-70. Wreckage found January 1946 in the national park.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/crashnsw.htm |title=Military Aircraft Crashes in NSW during WW2 years |work=Peter Dunn's Australia at War |access-date=11 January 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061210141926/http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/crashnsw.htm| archive-date=10 December 2006 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.adf-serials.com/2a52.shtml |title=RAAF A52 De Havilland DH-98 Mosquito |work=ADF Aircraft Serial Numbers |access-date=11 January 2007}}</ref> The propeller, ailerons and machine gun were on display at the Barrington Tops Guest House.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/docs/aircraftlosses_nsw.pdf |title=Plane Sailing: The archaeology of aircraft losses over water in New South Wales, Australia |author=Smith, Tim |access-date=11 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930013238/http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/docs/aircraftlosses_nsw.pdf |archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref> *2 September 1948 β Australian National Airlines [[Douglas DC-3]] VH-ANK. 13 killed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalsecurity.gov.au/ema/emadisasters.nsf/83edbd0553620d8cca256d09001fc8fd/f5c7b20591ec135eca256d3300057ea6?OpenDocument |title=Barrington Tops, NSW: Aircraft Crash |work=Emergency Management Australia National Disasters Database |access-date=10 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927030228/http://www.nationalsecurity.gov.au/ema/emadisasters.nsf/83edbd0553620d8cca256d09001fc8fd/f5c7b20591ec135eca256d3300057ea6?OpenDocument |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19480902-0&lang=en |title=ASN Aircraft accident description Douglas C-47A-50-DL VH-ANK β Quirindi, NSW |work=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|access-date=10 January 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austa2/ANA%20Fleet/VH-ANK.html |title=VH-ANK |work=Ed Coates' Civil Aircraft Photograph Collection |access-date=11 January 2007}}</ref> *25 September 1967 β [[Royal Australian Air Force|RAAF]] [[Dassault Mirage III|Mirage III-O A3-52]]. Pilot ejected safely.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jt97mwI_N38C&q=mirage+barrington+tops&pg=PA143|title=Brotherhood of Airmen: The Men and Women of the RAAF in Action, 1914-Today|author=Wilson, David|date=January 2005|isbn=9781741151756|access-date=28 June 2008}}</ref><ref name="smh1">{{Cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/28/1080412235860.html |title=Off the radar |work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=29 March 2004|access-date=10 January 2007}}</ref> The ejection seat was later recovered and is on display at [[Fighter World]] aviation heritage centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adf-serials.com.au/3a3.htm|title=Mirage IIO/D|work=ADF Serials|access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref> *14 September 1969 β [[Lockheed Hudson]] VH-SML crashed in the foothills. 3 killed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/ozcrashes/nsw112.htm |title=Crash of a Lockheed Hudson foothills of Barrington Ranges, NSW on 14 September 1954 |work=Peter Dunn's Australia at War |access-date=11 January 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070222123841/http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/ozcrashes/nsw112.htm| archive-date= 22 February 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lockheed.adastron.com/hudson/vh-sml.htm |title=VH-SML |work=The Lockheed File |access-date=11 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060517175619/http://www.lockheed.adastron.com/hudson/vh-sml.htm |archive-date=17 May 2006}}</ref> *9 August 1981 β [[Cessna 210]] [[VH-MDX]]. 5 killed, multiple searches have not found wreckage or bodies.<ref name="smh1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ema.gov.au/ema/emadisasters.nsf/0/532daa5ab077a4e7ca256d3300058322?OpenDocument |title=Barrington Tops, NSW: Light Aircraft Crash in Storm |work=Emergency Management Australia National Disasters Database |access-date=10 January 2007 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (password protected Australian Government site)</ref> *3 August 1987 β [[Aermacchi MB-326]]H A7-079 (built as CA30-79). Crew ejected. Wreckage located by bushwalkers 28 April 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.adf-serials.com/research/aircrew-eject.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051025134244/http://www.adf-serials.com/research/aircrew-eject.pdf |archive-date=2005-10-25 |url-status=live |author=((Crawley, CMDR John, RAN (Rtd))) |title=A Chronological History of Ejections from ADF Aircraft |access-date=11 January 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cnapg.org/aermacchimb326.htm |title=Aermacchi MB326 |work=Clyde North Aeronautical Preservation Group |access-date=11 January 2007 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070506064441/http://www.cnapg.org/aermacchimb326.htm |archive-date=6 May 2007 }}</ref> One crew member was rescued from a tree after three hours.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Country-By-Country/Australia.htm|title=Chronological Listing of Australian RAAF & RAN Ejections|work=Project Get Out and Walk|access-date=11 January 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218194225/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Country-By-Country/Australia.htm|archive-date=18 February 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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