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| Date: | Friday 5 January 2018 |
| Time: | 16:40 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172M Skyhawk II |
| Owner/operator: | Goldfields Air Services (Texrio Pty Ltd) |
| Registration: | VH-TUX |
| MSN: | 17263713 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Near Burra Rock, WA (72km southwest of Kalgoorlie) -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | Kalgoorlie YPKG |
| Kalgoorlie YPKG | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The aircraft was returning from fire spotting work when it experienced engine failure due fuel exhaustion. The crew conducted a forced landing in scrub resulting in some damage. There were no injuries.
Sources:
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/pilot-and-passenger-survive-wa-plane-crash
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2018/aair/ao-2018-005/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2018 11:15 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 05-Jan-2018 11:35 | gerard57 | Updated [Date, ] |
| 06-Jan-2018 09:23 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Mar-2018 07:48 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Dec-2018 13:31 | Kardz | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-May-2023 20:05 | Ron Averes | Updated |
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