ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 223824
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| Date: | Monday 8 April 2019 |
| Time: | 09:49 |
| Type: |  Cessna 182G Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | VH-DJN |
| MSN: | 18255171 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Herberton Range, about 14km SSW of Atherton, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Mount Garnet Airport (YMRT), QLD |
| Atherton Aerodrome (YATN), QLD | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On 8 April 2019, at 06:50 Eastern Standard Time, a Cessna 182 aircraft, registered VH-DJN, departed Cloncurry Airport on a private flight to Mount Garnet aerodrome, Australia, under visual flight rules (VFR). On board were the pilot and one passenger. The aircraft landed in Mount Garnet at 09:20, where the passenger disembarked and left the aerodrome.
At 09:34, the aircraft departed Mount Garnet for a 62 km VFR flight to Atherton Airport, where the pilot intended to refuel the aeroplane before returning to collect the passenger from Mount Garnet. However, 15 minutes after departing Mount Garnet and about 14 km from Atherton, the aircraft impacted trees and terrain on the Herberton Range. The impact fatally injured the pilot and the aircraft was destroyed.
The ATSB found that the pilot, who was qualified only to operate in visual meteorological conditions, flew toward and entered an area of low cloud and reduced visibility, which obscured rising terrain. This almost certainly resulted in the pilot losing visual reference with the ground and a controlled flight into terrain.
While it could not be determined whether it influenced the accident, the pilot had taken medication that had the potential to affect performance and was therefore required to be disclosed to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). This medication had not been disclosed to the pilot's Designated Aviation Medical Examiner or recorded on the pilot's CASA medical file.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/man-dies-in-tablelands-plane-crash/3694103/
https://www.theage.com.au/national/queensland/pilot-killed-in-far-north-queensland-plane-crash-20190409-p51c8o.html
https://www.power100.com.au/news/local-news/152219-breaking-townsville-pilot-killed-in-plane-crash-in-fnq
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/fatal-queensland-plane-crash-site-accessible-only-by-helicopter-20190410-p51cls.html
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2019/aair/ao-2019-018/
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https://www.regosearch.com/aircraft/au/DJN
Media:
A 71-year-old Townsville pilot has died after his plane crashed in the Herberton Range yesterday afternoon. A search for the man began when the plane failed to arrive in Atherton. QFES are being winched into the area of the crash to retrieve the man and the aircraft. #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/aMuUOcV7MC
— 7NEWS Cairns (@7NewsCairns) 9 avril 2019
A complex recovery mission is underway on the Tablelands to reach the wreckage of a plane. A man in his seventies died after the Cessna 182 he was flying, crashed into dense bushland south of Atherton. @HeidiKSheehan #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/h9J1VuvEqn
— 7NEWS Cairns (@7NewsCairns) 9 avril 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Apr-2019 01:17 | Geno | Added |
| 09-Apr-2019 03:27 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 09-Apr-2019 05:01 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source] |
| 09-Apr-2019 16:13 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 09-Apr-2019 16:14 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 09-Apr-2019 21:38 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 10-Apr-2019 08:09 | Pineapple | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 10-Apr-2019 08:10 | Pineapple | Updated [Aircraft type, Damage] |
| 10-Apr-2019 10:52 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Narrative] |
| 10-Apr-2019 20:22 | Aerossurance | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Apr-2019 07:11 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Sep-2020 09:37 | harro | Updated [Time, Narrative, Accident report, Accident report, ] |
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