ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 156958
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| Date: | Friday 21 June 2013 |
| Time: | 05:00+ LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 650 Citation VII |
| Owner/operator: | Business Aviation Solutions |
| Registration: | VH-DHN |
| MSN: | 650-7011 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Gold Coast Airport, Coolangatta, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Coolangatta (YBCG) |
| Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport, NSW (SYD/YSSY) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Engine destroyed 21 June 2013 on takeoff from Coolangatta, Gold Coast, Queensland, after striking "a flock of bats" (some media reports have the accident as a "multiple bird strike"...but the accident happened after dark in the early hours). Aircraft managed to make a single-engined emergency landing back at Coolangatta with no casualties to the crew
Sources:
1. http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/bird-into-plane-forces-emergency-landing-on-the-gold-coast/story-fnihsrf2-1226667362741?sv=ccaa88551d3d5b63ec49628620aa1553#.UcPf63sDL1E.email
2. http://video.news.com.au/v/119612/Bird-strike-lands-plane#ooid=ZjYWVvYzq7lzUGq1-ajx67iPbztPTfiR
3. http://www.jetrequest.com/charter_jet_operator_directory/aircraft_list/australia/queensland/gold_coast_/cessna_citation_vii/vh-dhn/5364
4. http://www.aviationwa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/20131102_VH-DHN_Cessna_650_Citation_VII_Wilson.jpg
5. http://www.aircrashconsult.info/June_13_more.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 November 2013 | VH-DHN | Business Aviation Solutions | 0 | Nadi Int Airport, Viti Levu |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jun-2013 13:39 | Petropavlovsk | Added |
| 23-Jun-2013 03:04 | Anon. | Updated [Nature] |
| 23-Jun-2013 09:55 | Anon. | Updated [Nature] |
| 25-Jun-2013 02:22 | Anon. | Updated [Time] |
| 21-Apr-2014 16:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2022 22:01 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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