| Date: | Monday 19 December 1994 |
| Time: | 19:40 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver |
| Owner/operator: | Walcha Aerial Services |
| Registration: | VH-BSC |
| MSN: | 1617 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 60 km NW of Taree, NSW -
Australia
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Cooplacurripa, NSW (19:38) |
| Destination airport: | Cooplacurripa, NSW |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Crashed at Cooplacurripa Station. Pilot Benjamin Salter killed.
Accident investigation:
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| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Report number: | 199403835 |
| Status: | Investigation completed |
| Duration: | 5 months |
| Download report: | Final report
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Sources:
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.dhc-2.com/cn1617.htm]
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1994/aair/aair199403835.aspx http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austb/VH-BSC.html http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/24710/ASOR199403835.PDF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
| 12-Aug-2011 14:45 |
TB |
Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Aug-2011 14:14 |
TB |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Apr-2014 22:56 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 24-May-2014 19:52 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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