ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327119
| Date: | Thursday 10 October 1985 |
| Time: | 00:59 |
| Type: |  IAI 1124 Westwind |
| Owner/operator: | Pel-Air |
| Registration: | VH-IWJ |
| MSN: | 371 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3105 hours |
| Engine model: | Garrett TFE731-3-1G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 13 km E off Sydney-Kingsford Smith International Airport, NSW (SYD) -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Sydney-Kingsford Smith International Airport, NSW (SYD/YSSY) |
| Brisbane-Eagle Farm Airport, QLD | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Lost control in a turn at 5000 feet after takeoff from Sydney runway 16 at night; crashed into Botany Bay. The captain probably simulated a failure of all 3 flight attitude indicators while there was a known malfunction in the rate of turn indicator and no external references.
RELEVANT EVENTS AND FACTORS:
1. There was a known malfunction of the rate of turn indicator.
2. The pilot in command possibly simulated simultaneous failures of all three flight attitude indicators.
3. There were no external references by which the crew could assess the attitude of the aircraft.
4. A loss of control of the aircraft occurred at a height of about 5000 feet.
5. The crew did not recover control of the aircraft prior to impact with the sea.
Sources:
Aviation Week & Space Technology 15 June 1987 (p.357-376)
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