ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322245
Date: | Wednesday 25 January 2006 |
Time: | |
Type: | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
Owner/operator: | Aero-Tropics Air Services |
Registration: | VH-WZJ |
MSN: | 208B1108 |
Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Caloundra Airport, QLD (CUD) -
Australia
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | Caloundra Airport, QLD (CUD/YCDR) |
Destination airport: | Caloundra Airport, QLD (CUD/YCDR) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The pilot was reportedly distracted by another aircraft in the corner of his eye when landing and overshot the runway by about 250 m. 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.
Sources:
The Courier-Mail
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