Date:	Monday 9 December 2013
Time:	14:36
Type:	Glasair III
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	VH-USW
MSN:	SH-3311
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Near Jandakot Airport, Perth, WA -   Australia
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Perth Jandakot (JAD/YPJT) Western Australia
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	ATSB
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
At about 1434 Western Standard Time on 9 December 2013, an amateur-built Glasair III aircraft, registered VH-USW in the ‘Experimental’ category, took off from runway 24 right at Jandakot Airport, Western Australia with a pilot and passenger on board. Shortly after take-off, the pilot broadcast on the Jandakot tower radio frequency that ‘we have an engine failure’. There were no further transmissions from the aircraft.

The aircraft was seen flying at a low altitude in a northerly direction over South Lake, a residential area about 3 km south-west of Jandakot Airport. Witnesses in the vicinity of a sports field at South Lake heard the sound of an impact and saw a fireball and the burning aircraft tumbling along the ground at the field before coming to rest.

A number of people rushed to assist and found the two occupants clear of the burning wreckage. First aid was administered until emergency services arrived. The pilot and passenger sustained serious burns and were taken to hospital.

The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and an intense post-impact fuel-fed fire

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
09-Dec-2013 09:15	gerard57	Added
09-Dec-2013 17:21	Alpine Flight	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, ]
09-Dec-2013 19:01	Alpine Flight	Updated [Aircraft type, ]
10-Dec-2013 02:49	Geno	Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, ]
08-May-2014 20:59	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
08-May-2014 21:22	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Embed code, ]
08-Apr-2016 12:53	Kardz	Updated [Operator, ]
07-Jun-2022 19:39	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]