ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 33585
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| Date: | Sunday 3 March 1974 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 150 |
| Owner/operator: | G.M. Ferguson |
| Registration: | VH-DFR |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Anna Creek Station, SA -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Anna Creek Station, SA |
| Anna Creek Station, SA | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After a short local flight the aircraft returned to the landing area and made a low run, at a height estimated as between 30 and 100 feet, in a south-easterly direction and passed near the group of persons on the ground. This was followed by a run at a similar height in a north-westerly direction and a further similar run to the south-east.
Shortly after passing near the group of spectators on the third run, a steep climb was commenced and, at the top of the climb, the left wing dropped until the aircraft was almost inverted, the nose lowered and the aircraft rotated to the left as it dived towards the ground. The rotation appeared to cease just before the aircraft struck the ground in a steep nose down attitude and burst into flames.
The two persons on board that were killed were named as:
Gordon Munro FERGUSON (pilot, aged 55)
Paul SIMMONDS (Passenger)
NTSB Conclusion: The probable cause of the accident was that the pilot allowed the aircraft to stall at a height too low for recovery to be effected
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1974/aair/aair197404552.aspx
2. http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/24769/197404552.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Apr-2014 22:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2022 02:22 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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