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| Date: | Tuesday 27 January 2004 |
| Time: | 13:26 |
| Type: |  Ted Smith Aerostar 601 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-WRF |
| MSN: | 61-0497-128 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 19 km E Byron Bay, NSW -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Coolangatta, QLD |
| Coolangatta, QLD | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The aircraft disappeared from radar coverage approximately 18km east-south-east of Cape Byron at around 1:35pm. Pieces of wreckage identified as being from the aircraft were later recovered from the vicinity of the aircraft's disappearance.
Sources:
ATSB Occurrence Nr. 200400242
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2004/aair/aair200400242/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2008 10:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Jan-2018 08:26 | Pineapple | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
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