Accident de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver VH-BSC, Monday 19 December 1994
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Date:Monday 19 December 1994
Time:19:40
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
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
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:
  
Investigating agency: BASI
Report number: 199403835
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 5 months
Download report: Final report

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

14 May 1988 VH-BSC 0 Koala, NSW sub

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
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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