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| Date: | Saturday 24 September 2016 |
| Time: | 15:46 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | near Heron Island (HLS) (North Beach), QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Gladstone Aerodrome (YGLA) |
| Heron Island (YHRN) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
While taxiing on water, it was reported the seaplane passed a snorkeler in close proximity.
Sources:
ATSB OA2016-03136
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