ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27213
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| Date: | Saturday 4 July 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Flying Doctor Service |
| Registration: | VH-DEE |
| MSN: | 31-8012072 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mount Augustus, WA -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Carnarvon, WA |
| Mount Augustus, WA | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
This nearly new Piper Navajo embarked on a medical evacuation flight from Carnarvon at night, to retrieve a sick child. Pilot and flight nurse on board. Whilst taking care to approach Mt Augustus homestead, a voiding the large Mount Augustus monocline on a moonless night, and to land with a limited flare path using six motor vehicles, the final approach was lower than intended. The aircraft struck white gum and mulga trees after turning onto finals. Both wings and the rear fuselage were torn from the aircraft but the pilot and nurse in the cabin, miraculously survived uninjured.
Sources:
1. RFDS internal sources and YouTube presentation by ex Chief Pilot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiFeaYuXHSE
Images:
Photo: BASI
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Apr-2014 20:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage] |
| 21-Apr-2014 14:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Mar-2015 09:22 | Dr Stephen Langford | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2015 12:04 | Dr Stephen Langford | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 07-Sep-2015 12:05 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2017 21:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2017 21:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 05-Dec-2018 15:21 | harro | Updated [Source, Photo] |
| 29-Oct-2019 17:49 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 31-May-2022 22:30 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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