Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 25 JAN 2006 |
| Type: | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Operator: | Aero-Tropics Air Services |
| Registration: | VH-WZJ |
| C/n / msn: | 208B-1108 |
| First flight: | 2005 |
| Engines: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Caloundra Airport, QLD (CUD) (Australia)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Caloundra Airport, QLD (CUD/YCDR), Australia |
| Caloundra Airport, QLD (CUD/YCDR), Australia |
The pilot was reportedly distracted by another aircraft in the corner of his eye when landing and overshot the runway by about 250m. It ran through a fence, sustaining about AUS$40,000 worth of damage. The pilot had been undertaking a test flight before he was due to fly the plane to its new owners, LIP-Air (dba Aero-Tropics), in Cairns that afternoon. The aircraft was registered in Australia on January 20, 2006.
Caloundra has a single 800 m (2608 feet) runway.
Events:
Sources:
» The Courier-Mail
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Caloundra Airport, QLD to Caloundra Airport, QLD as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Caloundra Airport, QLD to Caloundra Airport, QLD as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
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.
