Accident Maule M-5-235C VH-MEO, Wednesday 25 November 1987

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Date:	Wednesday 25 November 1987
Time:	06:00
Type:	Maule M-5-235C
Owner/operator:
Registration:	VH-MEO
MSN:	7229C
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Springfield Station, QLD - Australia
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Tenham Station, QLD
Destination airport:	Springfield Station, QLD
Investigating agency:	BASI
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot received a request at 5am from a neighbouring property to fly a seriously ill person to a hospital some 150 kilometres away. During the approach to the property strip the pilot realised that the aircraft was too high and too fast so he attempted a sideslip to lose altitude. The aircraft floated the full length of the strip before the pilot decided to go around. During the go-around the aircraft stalled at about 50 feet above the ground after the pilot had commenced a steeply banked climbing turn to avoid trees.

Accident investigation: