Runway excursion Incident Gippsland GA-8 Airvan VH-MTX, Friday 29 November 2019
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Date:Friday 29 November 2019
Time:13:04
Type:Silhouette image of generic GA8 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Gippsland GA-8 Airvan
Owner/operator:Mission Aviation Fellowship
Registration: VH-MTX
MSN: GA8-06-104
Year of manufacture:2006
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Rurruwuy Airstrip (YRUR), East Arnhem Land, NT -   Australia
Phase: Landing
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:Garrathala Airfield, NT (YGTA)
Destination airport:Rurruwuy Airfield, NT (YRUR)
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
During landing, the aircraft overran the runway, resulting in substantial damage.

Sources:

https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2019/aair/ao-2019-068/
https://www.casa.gov.au/aircraft-register?search_api_views_fulltext=&vh=MTX&field_ar_serial=
https://www.maf-uk.org/story/how-a-plane-helps-struggling-farmers-in-timor-leste

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Dec-2019 08:35 Pineapple Added
04-Dec-2019 15:13 Geno Updated [Source, ]
04-Dec-2019 16:45 harro Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, ]
05-Dec-2019 13:56 RobertMB Updated [Operator, ]
08-May-2022 08:43 Ron Averes Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, ]
14-Jun-2023 10:15 Ron Averes Updated

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