ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 213949
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| Date: | Tuesday 7 September 1976 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172G |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | VH-WKC |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lake Powlathanga, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Balfe's Creek, QLD |
| YCHT | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft departed from the Charters Towers aerodrome at approximately 1115 hours and, after flying over an area to the east and north-east, it proceeded towards Balfe's Creek, some 40 kilometres south-west of Charters Towers, where it landed at about 1210 hours. Some 15 minutes later, the four occupants re-boarded the aft and it took off towards the north-east. It then made a gradual right turn and, when last observed by a resident of Balfe's Creek, it was at a height of some 200 to 300 feet heading towards the nearby Lake Powlathanga. At about 1515 hours the surviving passenger was found by chance by a local resident on the shore of the lake.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1976/aair/aair197600032/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/24781/197600032.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Aug-2018 08:03 | Pineapple | Added |
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