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| Date: | Thursday 17 October 1996 |
| Time: | 09:00 |
| Type: |  Weatherly 620A |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-WEA |
| MSN: | 1528 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 9km SSE of Inverleigh, VIC -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Inverleigh, VIC |
| Inverleigh, VIC | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Following takeoff from an agricultural airstrip, the aircraft experienced tail buffet and began to sink. It then collided with a fence and gate at the end of the strip, which tore off a spray boom, tail wheel and one of the main wheels.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1996/aair/199603362/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/4932267/199603362.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 August 1997 | VH-WEA | 0 | 3km WSW of Blumson Farm, SA | |
w/o | |
| Collision with pole or wires | ||||||
| 20 March 2021 | VH-WEA | R-Mach Aviation | 0 | 26 km from Rockhampton Aerodrome, QLD | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-May-2018 19:38 | Pineapple | Added |
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