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| Date: | Saturday 16 February 1974 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 95-B55 Baron |
| Owner/operator: | E M Investments Pty Ltd |
| Registration: | VH-FWR |
| MSN: | TC-1133 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 200km WSW Rockhampton, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | YGLA |
| YLRE | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 16 February 1974, a Beechcraft 95/B55 Baron aircraft, registered VH-FWR, disappeared whilst on a flight from Gladstone to Longreach, Queensland, and no trace has been found of the aircraft or its two occupants.
UPDATE. The wreckage was discovered approximately 26 years after it disappeared. It was on a hillside, about 200km WSW of Rockhampton, and was only discovered by a passing helicopter pilot, after a long dry period when the trees around the wreck had died off. No traces of the occupants were found.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1974/aair/aair197400009/
2. https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/24763/197400009.pdf
3. AustAirData
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jul-2018 23:26 | Pineapple | Added |
| 11-Apr-2021 08:21 | Jim Faulks | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 09-Oct-2021 03:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Jun-2023 04:13 | Ron Averes | Updated |
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