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| Date: | Thursday 11 June 1981 |
| Time: | 04:45 |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 |
| Owner/operator: | Trans Australia Airlines (TAA) |
| Registration: | VH-TQR |
| MSN: | 10440 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Hobart Airport (YMHB), Hobart, TAS -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | YMHB |
| YMML | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft was involved in a collision from a tug and transformer/rectifier unit whilst stationary at Hobart Airport. A ground engineer was seriously injured in the incident.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1981/aair/198102575/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/5226514/198102575.pdf
Airfinance Database
Images:
Melbourne Tullamarine 1985 Photo Pittaway, Frank Ellemers Collectie
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jul-2018 12:58 | Pineapple | Added |
| 04-Aug-2019 09:47 | Frank Ellemers | Updated [Cn, Operator, Photo, ] |
| 11-Aug-2019 10:50 | Frank Ellemers | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 11-Dec-2021 03:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, ] |
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