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| Date: | Friday 14 February 2025 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild SA227-DC Metro 23 |
| Owner/operator: | Sharp Airlines |
| Registration: | VH-HPE |
| MSN: | DC-823B |
| Year of manufacture: | 1993 |
| Engine model: | Garrett Turbineo TPE331-12-UHR-701G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Mackay Airport, QLD (MKY/YBMK) -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Mackay Airport, QLD (MKY/YBMK) |
| Mount Isa Airport, QLD (ISA/YBMA) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The pilot of flight TFX132 failed to complete a satisfactory pre-flight inspection and did not notice a forward cargo door had not been secured.
Ground staff were able to contact the pilot prior to take-off
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/occurrence-briefs/2025/aviation/unsecured-cargo-door-incident-involving-fairchild-sa227-dc-mackay-airport-queensland-14-february-2025
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/tfx132#391e3b7a
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 September 2015 | VH-HPE | Toll Aviation | 0 | Thangool Airport, QLD (THG) | |
sub |
| 11 May 2020 | VH-HPE | Toll Aviation | 0 | near Rockhampton Airport, QLD | |
non |
| Centre of Gravity outside limits | ||||||
| 20 April 2021 | VH-HPE | Sharp Airlines | 0 | Townsville-Garbutt Airfield, QLD (TSV/YBTL) | |
min |
| Misaligned or wrong runway/taxiway takeoff | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Apr-2025 08:15 | Petropavlovsk | Added |
| 28-Apr-2025 08:16 | ASN | Updated [Date, Registration, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Category, Accident report, ] |
| 28-Apr-2025 08:20 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Apr-2025 10:20 | Aviator | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 03-Aug-2025 18:48 | WM | Updated [Operator, ] |
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