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| Date: | Wednesday 4 January 1984 |
| Time: | 06:59 |
| Type: |  Cessna 182A Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-WAM |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lapunyah, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Calibration/Inspection |
| Departure airport: | Lapunyah, QLD |
| Lapunyah, QLD | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot had completed a pre-flight inspection, when he received a message to the effect that there was an unfamiliar vehicle in the vicinity of a new farm piggery, about 2 km from the strip. He boarded the aircraft, which shortly afterwards was seen to take-off and fly at low level towards the piggery. A farm employee at the piggery observed the aircraft approaching in straight and level flight and with normal engine noise. The aircraft then began to turn to the left, but struck a recently erected single wire power line at a height of 23 feet above the ground. The left wing tip and one propeller blade were severed and the aircraft cartwheeled to the ground.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1984/aair/aair198400001/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/29949/aair198400001.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jul-2018 06:23 | Pineapple | Added |
| 06-Jul-2018 06:24 | Pineapple | Updated [Registration, ] |
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