Accident de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver VH-AAY, Monday 22 December 1986
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Date:Monday 22 December 1986
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
Owner/operator:Aerial Agriculture P/L
Registration: VH-AAY
MSN: 136
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:30 km E of Walcha, NSW -   Australia
Phase: Take off
Nature:Agricultural
Departure airport:Winterbourne, NSW
Destination airport:Winterbourne, NSW
Investigating agency: BASI
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Crashed on take-off. Pilot killed.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: BASI
Report number: 198602365
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 5 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

http://www.dhc-2.com/id1037.htm
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1986/aair/aair198602365.aspx
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/27608/aair198602365.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
12-Aug-2011 14:05 TB Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
13-Aug-2011 13:49 TB Updated [Location, Source, ]
04-Apr-2014 18:47 Dr. John Smith Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
24-May-2014 19:24 TB Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ]

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