Accident Piper PA-44-180 Seminole VH-JON, Saturday 9 July 1988

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Date:	Saturday 9 July 1988
Time:
Type:	Piper PA-44-180 Seminole
Owner/operator:
Registration:	VH-JON
MSN:	44-8195021
Year of manufacture:	1981
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Unknown (damage identified at Bankstown Airport, NSW) - Australia
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Bankstown Airport, NSW (BWU/YSBK)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	BASI
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
During a pre-flight inspection it was discovered that the left wing of the aircraft had suffered permanent deformation. The subsequent investigation was unable to determine any details as to how and when this deformation had occurred. The damage was consistent with an overstress during a rolling pull-out.

Accident investigation: