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| Date: | Wednesday 17 December 1997 |
| Time: | 08:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 210K |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-MJD |
| MSN: | 21059428 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ranku Airport (YRAK), Ranku, NT -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | YPDN |
| YRAK | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot inadvertently landed the aircraft with the landing gear retracted, resulting in substantial damage.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1997/aair/199704125/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/4931402/199704125.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 December 1990 | VH-MJD | 0 | Lake Evella Airport (YLEV), Gapuwiyak, NT | |
sub | |
| 17 January 2011 | VH-MJD | Private | 0 | Cape Ford, 150 Km SW of Darwin, NT | |
w/o |
| Gear-up landing | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-May-2018 11:20 | Pineapple | Added |
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