Accident Cessna A185F VH-IQS, Sunday 4 June 1995

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Date:	Sunday 4 June 1995
Time:	16:45
Type:	Cessna A185F
Owner/operator:
Registration:	VH-IQS
MSN:	18502339
Year of manufacture:	1974
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	27km SW of Tully, QLD - Australia
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Survey
Departure airport:	Tully, QLD
Destination airport:	Tully, QLD
Investigating agency:	BASI
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot was forced to conduct a forced landing after he inadvertently left the fuel selector on a near empty (left wing) tank. During the landing flare, the aircraft struck a farm animal with its left landing gear, bending the gear back. Subsequently, the left wing struck the ground after touchdown.

Accident investigation: