Accident Cessna A188B/A1 VH-PQW, Sunday 6 April 1986

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Date:	Sunday 6 April 1986
Time:
Type:	Cessna A188B/A1
Owner/operator:
Registration:	VH-PQW
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	12km SE of Chinchilla, QLD - Australia
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Agricultural
Departure airport:	Chinchilla, QLD
Destination airport:	Chinchilla, QLD
Investigating agency:	BASI
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot reported that during a crosswind spray run along a fence line the left wing struck a tree. Despite extensive damage to the wing, the aircraft remained airborne and the pilot was able to land the aircraft at the departure strip, some three kilometres away. This accident was not the subject of an on-site investigation.

Accident investigation: