ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 78863
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| Date: | Saturday 23 October 2010 |
| Time: | 16:20 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver |
| Owner/operator: | Cairns Seaplanes |
| Registration: | VH-PCF |
| MSN: | 1348/1898 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Green Island, off Cairns, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Green Island |
| Trinity Inlet | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A salvage team will attempt to recover a sea plane that crashed in far north Queensland on 23 October 2010.
Police say the plane was forced to do an emergency landing only minutes after take off at Green Island, off Cairns.
Seven Chinese tourists were on board the plane but no-one was injured.
Sources:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/25/3046991.htm http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2010/10/25/131945_local-news.html
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2010/aair/ao-2010-082.aspx
http://www.dhc-2.com/id802.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Oct-2010 07:13 | gerard57 | Added |
| 26-Oct-2010 00:21 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Source] |
| 31-Oct-2010 05:52 | Glideslope | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Destination airport, Source, Damage] |
| 18-Jul-2011 12:34 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2011 12:36 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2011 14:30 | TB | Updated [Date] |
| 13-Aug-2011 14:35 | TB | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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