Accident Cessna TU206G VH-XAA, Friday 14 April 1995

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Date:	Friday 14 April 1995
Time:	11:45
Type:	Cessna TU206G
Owner/operator:
Registration:	VH-XAA
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Bathurst Head, QLD - Australia
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	Kalpowar Homestead, QLD
Destination airport:	Bathurst Head, QLD
Investigating agency:	BASI
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
After a normal approach and landing, with 40 degrees of flap set, the nose was being held off when a bump was felt, causing the pilot to believe that a failure had occurred with the nose gear. The pilot continued to hold the nose off until elevator control was lost. The nose then settled and the propeller struck the runway. The nose gear had failed after striking a hole in the ground that was obscured by weed growth.

Accident investigation: