ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 218098
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| Date: | Monday 14 December 1987 |
| Time: | 14:12 |
| Type: |  Grumman G-44A Widgeon |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-WET |
| MSN: | 1466 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | 74km NW of Cairns, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | YBCS |
| YHID | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Two photographers chartered the aircraft to fly them to a white tropical beach. Enroute to Hope Island, the passengers asked the pilot to land near a beach at the mouth of the Daintree River. After making a water landing on the river, the pilot found that he could not get his passengers and their photographic equipment to the shore because the hull of the aircraft grounded on a sandbank, some 50 Metres from the beach. A decision was then made to takeoff from the water and land on the beach. During the landing , the pilot lost control of the aircraft when one of the main wheels ran through shallow water. The aircraft nosed over and came to rest inverted.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1987/aair/aair198703526/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/28028/aair198703526.pdf
History of this aircraft
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| 24 October 1968 | ZK-AVM | Mount Cook Air Services Ltd | 0 | Half Moon Bay, Stewart Island |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Nov-2018 09:12 | Pineapple | Added |
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