Accident Cessna 180A VH-UPG, Saturday 11 June 1988

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Date:	Saturday 11 June 1988
Time:	12:05
Type:	Cessna 180A
Owner/operator:
Registration:	VH-UPG
MSN:	32811
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Lightning Ridge Airport (YLRD), Lightning Ridge, NSW - Australia
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	YLRD
Destination airport:	YLRD
Investigating agency:	BASI
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The aircraft was returning to land at the completion of a local flight. The pilot, who had only recently purchased the aircraft, had not flown it before with four persons on board. He was compensating for a crosswind, and misjudged the flare, probably because of the higher sink rate of the heavier aircraft. The aircraft touched down and bounced several times, before ground looping and coming to rest at the edge of the flight strip.

Accident investigation: