Accident Piper PA-28-151 VH-BSY, Tuesday 6 January 1987

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Date:	Tuesday 6 January 1987
Time:
Type:	Piper PA-28-151
Owner/operator:
Registration:	VH-BSY
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Cannington Station, QLD - Australia
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Cannington Station, QLD
Destination airport:	Cannington Station, QLD
Investigating agency:	BASI
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Shortly after the student had made a normal touchdown, a sheep ran across the strip in front of the aircraft. The instructor had not been looking forward, and he was taken by surprise when the student applied a considerable amount of nose wheel deflection in an effort to avoid the animal. The aircraft ran off the side of the strip and struck an earth run-off water vane. It was reported that the strip was 37 metres wide and this width is less than that required for a training authorised landing area. This accident was not the subject of an on-site investigation.

Accident investigation: