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| Date: | Friday 13 July 1979 |
| Time: | 10:10 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-25-235 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-BCJ |
| MSN: | 25-4347 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 23km NW of Manangatang, VIC -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | 18km NW of Manangatang, VIC |
| 18km NW of Manangatang, VIC | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft crashed due to a failure of the aileron control system during an agricultural spraying operation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1979/aair/197902797/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/5226421/197902797.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2018 13:21 | Pineapple | Added |
| 26-Feb-2020 20:16 | BEAVERSPOTTER | Updated [Cn, ] |
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