Accident Piper PA-23-250 Aztec VH-EOU, Friday 31 August 1990
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Date:Friday 31 August 1990
Time:09:24
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA27 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-23-250 Aztec
Owner/operator:
Registration: VH-EOU
MSN: 27-7554149
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Lake Gregory, WA -   Australia
Phase: Landing
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:Halls Creek, WA
Destination airport:Lake Gregory, WA
Investigating agency: BASI
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
The aircraft landed at Lake Gregory with the landing gear retracted and was substantially damaged. It is likely that the pilot did not correctly complete the pre-landing checks and failed to select the landing gear down.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: BASI
Report number: 199000099
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 2 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1990/aair/aair199000099/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/33867/aair199000099.pdf

Revision history:

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