ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 78740
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| Date: | Friday 15 October 2010 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Type: |  Gippsland GA-8 Airvan |
| Owner/operator: | Flinders Island Aviation Services |
| Registration: | VH-DQP |
| MSN: | GA8-05-075 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Strezlecki NP, Flinders Island, TAS -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Lady Baron Island, Tasmania (YLDB) |
| Bridport, Tasmania (YBDP) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 15 October 2010, the pilot of a Gippsland Aeronautics GA-8 Airvan, registered VH-DQP, was conducting a charter flight from Lady Barron, Flinders Island to Bridport, Tasmania with six passengers on board. The aircraft departed Lady Barron Aerodrome at about 1700 Australian Eastern Daylight-saving Time and entered instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) several minutes afterwards while climbing to the intended cruising altitude of about 1,500 ft. The pilot did not hold a command instrument rating and the aircraft was not equipped for flight in IMC. He attempted to turn the aircraft to return to Lady Barron Aerodrome but became lost, steering instead towards high ground in the Strzelecki National Park in the south-east of Flinders Island.
At about 1715, the aircraft exited cloud in the Strzelecki National Park, very close to the ground. The pilot turned to the left, entering a small valley in which he could neither turn the aircraft nor out climb the terrain. He elected to slow the aircraft to its stalling speed for a forced landing and, moments later, it impacted the tree tops and then the ground. The first passenger to exit the aircraft used the aircraft fire extinguisher to put out a small fire that had begun beneath the engine. The other passengers and the pilot then exited the aircraft safely. One passenger was slightly injured during the impact; the pilot and other passengers were uninjured.
During the night, all of the occupants of the aircraft were rescued by helicopter and taken to the hospital in Whitemark, Flinders Island.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/seven-survive-plane-crash-in-tasmania/story-e6frf7jx-1225939368303
2. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/15/3039935.htm
3. http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/3420446/ao2010080.pdf
4. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/16/3040109.htm
5. http://www.examiner.com.au/news/local/news/general/wind-rain-snow-hamper-rescue/1970655.aspx
6. http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2010/aair/ao-2010-080.aspx
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2010 06:01 | Petro | Added |
| 15-Oct-2010 06:33 | VHKDK | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Oct-2010 12:31 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 16-Oct-2010 03:25 | VHKDK | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2010 20:03 | slowkid | Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2010 02:15 | VHKDK | Updated [Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 21-Apr-2014 22:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2022 13:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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