ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 33118
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 January 1982 |
| Time: | 12:01 |
| Type: |  Cessna 411A |
| Owner/operator: | Reprographics Pty. |
| Registration: | VH-AYE |
| MSN: | 411-0288 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kerry Road, Archerfield, Brisbane, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Archerfield, Brisbane, Queensland (BNE/YBAF) |
| Archerfield, Brisbane, Queensland (BNE/YBAF) | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off 5 January 1982. According to en eyewitness report: "Crashed following engine propellor governor failure after. Illegal test flight following maintenance".
According to the summary from the official ATSB report into the incident:
"At 1201 hours Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 5 January 1982, shortly after taking off from Runway 10 Left at Archerfield Airport, Cessna 411A aircraft, registered VH-AYE, crashed into an annex attached to a Thiess Contractors workshop located in Kerry Road, Archerfield, Queensland. The accident site was 455 metres east-north-east from the departure end of the runway. The pilot and four workmen taking their lunch break in the annex were killed. The aircraft and the annex were destroyed by impact forces and the following explosion and fire."
ATSB Conclusion: "The cause of the accident was that following a reduction of power from the left engine, the pilot failed to maintain flying speed. The cause of the reduction of power was not determined."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. Eyewitness report by Engineer
2. http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1982/aair/aair198200005.aspx
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1982/archives/crash-of-a-cessna-411-in-brisbane-5-killed/]
4. http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/2054648/198200005_r.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Mar-2010 22:26 | Anon. | Updated [Total occupants, Other fatalities] |
| 12-May-2012 00:57 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Apr-2014 01:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jul-2018 12:48 | Pineapple | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 07-Jun-2022 22:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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