Accident Gippsland GA-8 Airvan VH-PTR, Wednesday 7 February 1996
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Date:Wednesday 7 February 1996
Time:18:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic GA8 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Gippsland GA-8 Airvan
Owner/operator:Gippsland Aeronautics
Registration: VH-PTR
MSN: GA8-0001
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Morwell, Vic -   Australia
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Test
Departure airport:Latrobe Valley, VIC
Destination airport:Latrobe Valley, VIC
Investigating agency: BASI
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Crashed and destroyed during spinning trials

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: BASI
Report number: 199600452
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 11 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

www.cnapg.org
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/4931582/199600452.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Jan-2010 13:02 TB Added
15-May-2015 06:51 Anon. Updated [Location, ]
03-Mar-2018 18:55 Pineapple Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ]

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