ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22619
Last updated: 20 May 2013
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| Date: | 31-AUG-2008 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: |  Yakovlev Yak-52 |
| Operator: | Hempels Flying School |
| Registration: | VH-ULT |
| C/n / msn: | 867110 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off Stradbroke Island -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | YBAF (Archerfield Airport) |
| YBAF (Archerfield Airport) |
The Russian-built Yak 52 carrying two men on a one-hour pleasure flight disappeared while performing aerobatics off Jumpinpin Bar, which separates North Stradbroke Island and South Stradbroke Island. Witnesses reported the plane performed a giant loop then disappeared around 12.30pm.
RACQ CareFlight spokesman Brian Russell said one of the organisation's two helicopters involved in the search spotted small pieces of what was thought to be aircraft wreckage late in the afternoon.
Sources:
1. Two missing in stunt plane crash
2. Plane crashes off Stradbroke Is
3. A light plane carrying two people is believed to have crashed off Queensland's South Stradbroke Island
4. Searchers find light plane wreckage
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Aug-2008 02:45 | Topaz | Added |
| 31-Aug-2008 12:39 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 01-Sep-2008 22:08 | JINX | Updated |
| 18-Mar-2011 06:48 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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