Accident Piper PA-32RT-300 Lance II VH-KTC, Sunday 10 December 1989
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Date:Sunday 10 December 1989
Time:10:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic P32T model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-32RT-300 Lance II
Owner/operator:
Registration: VH-KTC
MSN: 32R-7885125
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Passage Island, TAS -   Australia
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:YMEN
Destination airport:Passage Island, TAS
Investigating agency: BASI
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
During the landing roll, the left main landing gear collided with a strip marker tyre that was hidden in the grass, causing the left landing gear to collapse.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: BASI
Report number: 198901560
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 3 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1989/aair/aair198901560/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/28648/aair198901560.pdf

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

3 January 1996 VH-KTC Private 4 3km N Boddington, WA w/o

Revision history:

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