ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73981
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| Date: | Sunday 1 February 1976 |
| Time: | 12:16 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-180 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Aero Club of South Australia |
| Registration: | VH-UQN |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Parafield, 18 Km N of Adelaide, SA -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Parafield, South Australia (YPPF) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
At approximately 1216 hours Central Summer Time (CSuT) on 1 February 1976, a Piper PA28-180 Cherokee Archer aircraft, registered VH-UQN, and a Cessna 172M aircraft, registered VH-UGC, collided in flight at a height of about 250 feet, while both aircraft were on final approach for landing on Runway 15 Left at Parafield Airport, Adelaide, South Australia.
The aircraft remained locked together following the collision and dived almost vertically to the ground 835 metres before the threshold of the runway. The sole occupant of the Piper and the four occupants of the Cessna were killed.
Sources:
1. http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1976/aair/aair197604613.aspx
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Apr-2010 23:52 | zerocinquanta | Added |
| 03-Apr-2014 21:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2022 00:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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