ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 310858
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| Date: | Thursday 12 September 2013 |
| Time: | 10:21 |
| Type: |  Saab 340B+ |
| Owner/operator: | REX Airlines |
| Registration: | VH-ZLJ |
| MSN: | 340B-380 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | overhead Moruya Aerodrome, NSW -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Moruya Aerodrome (YMRY) |
| Merimbula Aerodrome (YMER) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
At about 0956 Eastern Standard Time, a Cessna 185 aircraft, registered VH-OZA (OZA), departed Moruya, New South Wales for a parachute drop overhead the airport. At about 1013, the crew of a Regional Express Saab 340B aircraft, registered VH-ZLJ (ZLJ), broadcast a call advising they were taxiing for runway 36 at Moruya. In response, the pilot of OZA broadcast a call advising of his intention to conduct a parachute drop overhead. At about 1018, the crew of ZLJ broadcast that they had entered, and were rolling on runway 36, and intended to conduct a right turn after take-off, with a departure track of 178° (True). Soon after, the parachute drop was completed. At about 1021, the crew of ZLJ asked the pilot of OZA to confirm that the drop had been completed. At that time, ZLJ was climbing through 3,500 ft and tracking to overhead the airport. The crew then questioned the altitude, time and position the parachutists had been dropped. The pilot of OZA advised that they had been dropped about 0.4 NM to the west of the airport, about 30 seconds previously. The crew of ZLJ immediately turned the aircraft left. They continued to parallel their intended departure track overwater until about 10 NM to the south of the airport.
Sources:
ATSB AO-2013-150
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| 6 July 2021 | VH-ZLJ | Rex Airlines | 0 | 31 km SW of Perth Int Airport, WA | |
non |
| Loss of control | ||||||
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