ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 219957
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| Date: | Saturday 1 July 1989 |
| Time: | 11:52 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-RWQ |
| MSN: | 17271456 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lake Evella, NT -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | YLEV |
| YPGV | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A pilot who is based at Lake Evella was on scene soon after the accident occurred. He located the pilot-in-command who conveyed the following sequence of events. The takeoff was commenced from the threshold of the strip. The aircraft was being flown by the pilot under instruction. It lifted off further down the strip than the instructor expected, then commenced climbing at 80 knots. Very shortly after lift off the engine suffered a partial power loss. The instructor took control of the aircraft and checked fuel contents and saw that the mixture was rich. He then closed the throttle because he realized that he would have to land the aircraft on the remaining runway and overrun area and lowered full flap. He then assessed that he could not land in the available cleared area ahead so he turned right into wind and looked for a cleared area to land. The aircraft then flew into trees, striking several large trees before impacting with the ground at a low speed. The instructor said that he and probably the surviving passenger were thrown clear of the aircraft during the impact sequence, however, both were badly burned.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1989/aair/aair198900815/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/29244/aair198900815.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Dec-2018 00:55 | Pineapple | Added |
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