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| Date: | Tuesday 6 July 2021 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Eclipse 500 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N257AK * |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | near Cairns Airport, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Cairns Airport, QLD (CNS/YBCS) |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Passing 700 ft on climb, the pilot detected an avionics fault resulting in the aircraft operating VFR into IMC below the lowest safe altitude. The pilot requested navigational assistance from ATC and returned the aircraft to Cairns. The engineering inspection revealed water in the static lines had dripped onto the air data computers causing them to fail.
* Registration unconfirmed. N257AK operated out of Cairns on July 6.
Sources:
ATSB Ref 202104146
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a27189&lat=-16.914&lon=145.755&zoom=11.4&showTrace=2021-07-06&leg=1&trackLabels
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Nov-2021 20:14 | harro | Added |
| 27-Nov-2021 20:25 | harro | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative, ] |
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