ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 33560
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| Date: | Thursday 20 June 1974 |
| Time: | 15:45 |
| Type: |  Cessna 210 Centurion |
| Owner/operator: | Whittlesea Flying School Pty Ltd (regd. owner) |
| Registration: | VH-KIG |
| MSN: | 2105.... |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mount Dom Dom, 9 Km NE of Healesville, VIC -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Archerfield, Brisbane, Queensland (BNE/YBAF) |
| Moorabbin, Melbourne (MBW/YMMB) | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
At about 1545 hours EST on 18 June, 1974 a Cessna 210H aircraft, registered VH-KIG, flew into the south-western side of the 2,428 foot-high Mount Dom Dom, Victoria, about 100 feet below the summit. The aircraft was on a private flight from Archerfield, Queensland, via Mudgee, New South Wales, to Moorabbin, Victoria. Mount Dom Dom is approximately 9 Km south-east of Healesville, Victoria, at approximate coordinates: 37°35′S, 145°40′E
The four occupants were killed and the aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and subsequent fire. The eyewitness evidence indicates that the pilot was attempting to maintain visual flight below cloud but as the clearance between the cloud base and the rising terrain around Mt. Dom Dom reduced this finally became impossible.
The four person on board, all of whom were killed, were:
Ruth Isabel Hodges (aged 53, pilot)
Louise Ann Maree Gursanscky (passenger)
Rhonda Violet Dennis (passenger) and
Joy Rosemary Dixon (passenger).
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1974/aair/aair197403128.aspx
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Dom_Dom
3. http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/24681/197403128.pdf
Images:
Photo: BASI
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-May-2014 03:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Nov-2018 20:12 | harro | Updated [Photo] |
| 10-Jun-2022 02:53 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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