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| Date: | Wednesday 13 January 1993 |
| Time: | 18:15 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-WGC |
| MSN: | 25-3010 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Waikerie Airport (YWKI), Waikerie, SA -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Banner and glider towing |
| Departure airport: | YWKI |
| YWKI | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The tug aircraft, VH-WGC, was holding to the left of the threshold of the strip while a knot was being cleared in the tow rope attached to a glider to be launched. Another glider, VH-IKU, was engaged on solo circuits and was to land to the right of VH-WGC. VH-IKU bounced on landing and began to swing to the left. In an attempt to correct the swing, the pilot mistakenly applied left rudder and the glider struck the tail of the tug. The occupants of all aircraft escaped without injury.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1993/aair/199300054/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/5226831/199300054.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 August 1998 | VH-WGC | 0 | Waikerie Airport (YWKI), Waikerie, SA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 27-Feb-2018 09:35 | Pineapple | Added |
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