ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 170388
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| Date: | Friday 10 October 2014 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Type: |  Rihn DR-107 One Design |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | VH-EGT |
| MSN: | 001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Goolwa Airport (YGWA), Goolwa, SA -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Goolwa, YGWA |
| Goolwa, YGWA | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On the afternoon of 10 October 2014, the pilot of an amateur-built One Design DR-107 aircraft, registered VH-EGT, was performing low-level aerobatic manoeuvres.
The manoeuvres were being performed to the east of Goolwa Airport, South Australia.
Witnesses described the aircraft performing a series of similar manoeuvres. Each involved a vertical climb and tumbling manoeuvre followed by a vertical dive and a low-altitude recovery.
Witnesses reported that, during recovery from the last vertical dive, the aircraft collided with terrain. The aircraft was destroyed by the impact and the pilot was fatally injured.
Contributing factors:
- The aircraft collided with terrain while the pilot was attempting to recover from an aerobatic manoeuvre at low level.
Other factors that increased risk:
- Although suggested by Civil Aviation Advisory Publication 155-1(0) Aerobatics, the pilot probably did not undertake a peer review of their aerobatic performance in the preceding 15 months to the accident.
- The Civil Aviation Safety Authority did not require builders of amateur-built experimental aircraft to produce a flight manual, or equivalent, for their aircraft following flight testing. Without a flight manual the builder, other pilots and subsequent owners do not have reference to operational and performance data necessary to safely operate the aircraft. [Safety issue]
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2014/aair/ao-2014-163.aspx#.VDeCMcn4cwk.twitter
http://www.victorharbortimes.com.au/story/2616808/breaking-news-pilot-dies-in-light-plane-crash-at-goolwa/?cs=1285#slide=1
https://au.gwn7.yahoo.com/w1/news/a/-/national/25230739/one-person-dies-in-sa-light-plane-crash/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Oct-2014 05:48 | Geno | Added |
| 10-Oct-2014 06:05 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 10-Oct-2014 07:18 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature, Source, Damage] |
| 12-Oct-2014 11:45 | Chieftain | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage] |
| 02-Jun-2018 12:31 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
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