ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154739
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| Date: | Monday 1 April 2013 |
| Time: | 15:15 |
| Type: |  Cessna 210H |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | VH-EFB |
| MSN: | 21058966 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Anson Bay near Cape Ford, NT -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bullo River Station , NT |
| Emkaytee Airstrip, NT | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Crashed into the sea under unknown circumstances. On Tuesday 2 April 2013 three bodies were recovered. The fourth occupant is still missing. Police have called of the search on Wednesday 3 April 2013.
The fourth occupant of the plane is presumed to have died.
Per the preliminary ATSB accident report:
"On 1 April 2013, a group of pilots in a variety of aircraft were flying under the visual flight rules from Bullo River station to Emkaytee near Darwin. Low cloud at Bullo River and en route weather delayed departure until the pilots established that the weather was clearing. The aircraft departed between about 1400 and 1500 local time.
One of the pilots, in a Cessna 210 with three passengers on board, departed at about 1415 to track northward via the coast. At about 1510 the pilot transmitted on the discrete radio frequency used by the group that the aircraft was approaching Cape Ford and indicated that the weather ahead was not looking good. No further transmission was received from the aircraft and a search was initiated when the aircraft did not arrive.
Searchers found some fragments of the aircraft on the high water mark on the southern side of Anson Bay, adjacent to Cape Ford. It was established that the aircraft collided with water and there were no survivors. The ATSB examined the aircraft fragments and interviewed the pilots who were operating in the area. The ATSB investigation is continuing and will include analysis of meteorological information, pilot records and air traffic control radar data."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.aircraftpilots.com/threads/collision-with-water-involving-cessna-210-vh-efb-approximately-100-km-nne-wadeye-northern.1152/
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1752256/Three-bodies-near-NT-search-site-for-plane
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-03/search-resumes-for-missing-plane-crash-victim/4606850
http://casa-query.funnelback.com/search/search.cgi?collection=casa_aircraft_register&query=efb&session=554439322
https://au.news.yahoo.com/search-for-nt-plane-crash-victim-called-off-16533607.html
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2013/aair/ao-2013-063.aspx
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Apr-2013 07:50 | gerard57 | Added |
| 02-Apr-2013 23:14 | 3204Cedric | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 03-Apr-2013 03:03 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Apr-2013 12:00 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Apr-2013 22:00 | 3204Cedric | Updated [Source] |
| 04-May-2013 07:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2022 12:55 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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