ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 700
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| Date: | Thursday 8 February 1996 |
| Time: | 05:07 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | King Island Airlines |
| Registration: | VH-KIJ |
| MSN: | 31-7405222 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3.5 km SE of King Island, TAS -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Moorabbin Airport, Victoria (MBW/YMMB) |
| King Island/Currie, Tasmania (KNS/YKII) | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot conducted a King Island, runway 10 NDB approach to the minima (640 ft on QNH). Runway 10/28 lights were on at the time. Wind was probably a very light north easterly. Three and a half kilometres south east of the aerodrome, the aircraft crashed into trees while turning left through a northerly heading in very dark conditions. At impact the flaps and landing gear were extended. Parts of the aircraft were torn off by tree and ground impact. However, the fuselage remained substantially intact until it was destroyed by fire after it had come to rest.
The first responders arrived at the accident site at about 05:30 ESuT (Eastern Summer Time). The pilot had not survived. The aircraft was destroyed by fire.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1996/aair/aair199600399.aspx
2. https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/24984/ASOR199600399.pdf
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1996/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-king-island-currie-1-killed/]
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 June 1993 | VH-KIJ | unknown | 0 | King Island Airport, King Island, TAS | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2008 10:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Apr-2015 20:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-Oct-2017 20:26 | TB | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source] |
| 13-Oct-2017 16:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 07-Jun-2022 13:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Jun-2023 10:08 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Location]] |
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