Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 DEC 1980 |
| Type: | Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander Mk.III-2 |
| Operator: | Eagle Airways Pty Ltd |
| Registration: | VH-EGU |
| C/n / msn: | 1030 |
| First flight: | 1976 |
| Engines: | 3 Lycoming O-540-E4C5 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 17 km (10.6 mls) SE of Tumut, NS (Australia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Melbourne (unknown airport), VIC, Australia |
Crashed in Snowy Mountains.
Sources:
» Air Britain 10:2 p.42
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
