CLT was sold by Connair to an operator at Parafield, who operated the aircraft for a short while until going belly up. AOT purchased it and operated it until they got several of the ex Connair aircraft airworthy. It then went into the hangar for a C check. During this work, corrosion was found in the wheel wells and adjacent spar area. Repair work was put on hold until the Connair Herons where put on line. My source tells me it sat in the corner dismantled for some time, and when they went to repair the corrosion, an inventory of missing components on the airframe showed that they insufficient spares to put it back in the air. It was reduced to components and the fuselage now resides up in the Tasmania highlands a shooters lodge.
Capt W
Double engine failure on the same side is rare and usually a fuel feed problem. AOT wrote one Heron off at Launceston, attempting to go round off the narrow gravel parallel strip with full flap and the gear down, the left engines didn't respond to the throttles and the aircraft swung left, dug the left wing into the ground and ground looped. There were only minor injuries, but the airframe was written off, and the wings repaired and fitted to CLX (whose wings were out of first spar life)