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| Date: | Friday 24 January 1986 |
| Time: | 09:59 |
| Type: |  Rockwell S-2R Thrush Commander |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-LGG |
| MSN: | 1799R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 15km ESE of Griffith, NSW -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | 16km E of Griffith, NSW |
| 16km E of Griffith, NSW | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Shortly after an apparently normal takeoff, engine power was lost and the pilot was committed to a landing straight ahead. Initial touchdown was in a flooded rice paddy, and the aircraft then struck a levy bank and ran through a fence, coming to rest inverted in an adjoining dry paddock. Investigation revealed that one cylinder head had become detached from the engine and had removed a section of the inlet manifold. The cylinder head had failed as a result of fatigue cracking which had commenced at the edge of an exhaust valve insert.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1986/aair/aair198602305/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/28764/aair198602305.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Sep-2018 11:25 | Pineapple | Added |
| 08-Jan-2022 00:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ] |
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