ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 266839
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| Date: | Wednesday 18 August 2021 |
| Time: | 09:15 |
| Type: |  Stolp SA‑750 Acroduster Too |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | VH-YEL |
| MSN: | 02 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bribie Island, Moreton Bay, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Caboolture Airport (OOL/YCAB) |
| Caboolture Airport (OOL/YCAB) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On 18 August 2021, at 08:52 an amateur built Stolp Acroduster II SA-750 registered VH-YEL, departed from Caboolture Airfield, Queensland, for a local aerobatic flight. The pilot was the sole occupant.
A short time later, the crew of a helicopter operating in the same local area, at a height of about 900 ft, witnessed red and white debris falling from the sky. After searching the immediate area, the helicopter crew identified the inverted main wreckage of VH-YEL.
The wreckage was in tidal wetlands, about 30 m from the mainland shoreline of Pumicestone Passage, adjacent to Bribie Island. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was fatally injured.
The ATSB’s preliminary assessment of the aircraft, in combination with the distribution of wreckage at the accident site, indicated that the aircraft sustained an in-flight break-up.
Preliminary examination of the main wreckage revealed that two of the eye bolts that attached the upper wings to their supporting struts had failed due to fatigue cracking
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-18/fatal-light-plane-crash-off-bribie-island-north-of-brisbane/100386296
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/plane-crash-pilot-killed-near-bribie-island-20210818-p58jq4.html
https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/pilot-killed-after-acrobatics-plane-crashes-in-waters-north-of-brisbane/news-story/3fd567894ec1a71da6340dfa5176fb80
https://www.casa.gov.au/aircraft-register?search_api_views_fulltext=&vh=YEL&field_ar_serial=
Photo: https://www.airhistory.net/photo/179033/VH-YEL
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2021/aair/ao-2021-032/
Location
Media:
🇦🇺Australia, Bribie Island, Moreton Bay, QLD
— PLANES OF LEGEND (@PlanesOfLegend) August 19, 2021
Accident Stolp SA‑750 Acroduster Too plane VH-YEL, 18 Aug 2021, 1 fatality.
ASN: https://t.co/ulviBihqS1 via @AviationSafety
Press: https://t.co/wE2blwpGyw
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2021 01:30 | Geno | Added |
| 18-Aug-2021 01:31 | Geno | Updated [Date] |
| 18-Aug-2021 06:17 | DaShadow | Updated [Registration, Source] |
| 18-Aug-2021 06:19 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 19-Aug-2021 12:08 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
| 03-Nov-2021 10:22 | harro | Updated [Time, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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