ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27147
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| Date: | Thursday 13 July 1972 |
| Time: | 07:48 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31 Navajo |
| Owner/operator: | Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty. Ltd. |
| Registration: | VH-CIZ |
| MSN: | 31-682 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Golden Grove, Mount Lofty Ranges, SA -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Adelaide, South Australia (ADL/YPAD) |
| Moomba Private Airstrip, South Australia | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
At approximately 07:48 hours Central Standard Time on 13 July 1972 a Piper PA31-310 Navajo aircraft, registered VH-CIZ, struck the ground in a shallow dive at Golden Grove in the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges some 13 miles north-east of Adelaide Airport, South Australia.
The aircraft was engaged in operating a charter flight for the carriage of passengers and freight from Adelaide to Moomba. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and the pilot and seven passengers were killed.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1972/aair/aair197203861.aspx
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1972/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-adelaide-8-killed/]
3. http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/24676/197203861.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Apr-2014 20:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2022 09:07 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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