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Date: | Monday 4 June 2012 |
Time: | 10:30 LT |
Type: | Cessna 182Q Skylane |
Owner/operator: | Walgett Aero Club Inc. |
Registration: | VH-CWQ |
MSN: | 18267031 |
Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Mount Exmouth, 15 km north of Tooraweenah, NSW -
Australia
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Walgett Airport (YWLG) |
Destination airport: | Mudgee Airport (YMDG) |
Investigating agency: | ATSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:A spokeswoman for Australian Search and Rescue (AusSAR) confirmed they were searching for a Cessna 182Q Skylane that left Walgett Airport - YWLG, Monday 4 june at 09:43 LT, on its way to Mudgee Airport - YMDG.
She said AusSAR launched the search after receiving a report at 12:15 LT that the plane's lone pilot was two hours overdue at his destination.
At 15:55 LT searchers located the wreckage of the Cessna 100 feet below the summit of Mount Exmouth in the Warrumbungle Mountains, 15 km north of Tooraweenah, New South Wales. Reports advised that there appeared to be no survivor.
The body of a pilot has been found in the wreckage of the second plane to crash in NSW in the past week.
ATSB Conclusions:
1. The pilot was probably flying with forward visibility sufficiently obscured by cloud to not be able to see and avoid the rising terrain.
2. The pilot did not select a flight track to avoid the rising terrain or a diversion to a suitable aerodrome, which would have been an effective measure to manage the deteriorating weather.
3. No anomalies were found in the flight control systems or the airframe structure able to be examined that might have contributed to the accident.
4. The weather deteriorated as predicted in the relevant weather forecasts.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | ATSB |
Report number: | AO-2012-076 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
1. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8478289/search-for-light-aircraft-missing-in-nsw]
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http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/breaking-news/wreckage-found-in-search-for-plane/story-e6frea73-1226383882329 3.
http://www.northernstar.com.au/story/2012/06/05/pilot-killed-crash-mt-exmoth/ 4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/latest_releases?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGd3d3LmViaXoucG9saWNlLm5zdy5nb3YuYXUlMkZtZWRpYSUyRjIzNjM1Lmh0bWwmYWxsPTE%3D]
5.
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2012/aair/ao-2012-076.aspx 6.
http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/4107100/ao-2012-076_final.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Jun-2012 01:03 |
gerard57 |
Added |
04-Jun-2012 05:18 |
bp |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
04-Jun-2012 07:39 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Damage] |
05-Jun-2012 00:18 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
05-Jun-2012 00:56 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
15-Apr-2014 18:02 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |