Date:	Tuesday 16 December 1980
Time:
Type:	Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander Mk.III-2
Owner/operator:	Eagle Airways Pty Ltd
Registration:	VH-EGU
MSN:	1030
Year of manufacture:	1976
Engine model:	Lycoming O-540-E4C5
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	17 km SE of Tumut, NS -   Australia
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Bankstown Airport, NSW (BWU/YSBK)
Destination airport:	Melbourne-Essendon Airport, VIC (MEB/YMEN)

Narrative:
Crashed in Snowy Mountains.
There was a severe cold front across southern New South Wales at the time. Before the pilot made a distress call, he told ATC that he was experiencing airframe and carburettor icing.

John Darcy Williams (e-mail 19 June 2016)
Air Britain 10:2 p.42

photo (c) Shane Thomas; Tumut, NS; 14 April 2011

photo (c) Shane Thomas; Tumut, NS; 14 April 2011

photo (c) Shane Thomas; Tumut, NS; 14 April 2011

photo (c) Shane Thomas; Tumut, NS; 14 April 2011

photo (c) Shane Thomas; Tumut, NS; 14 April 2011

photo (c) Shane Thomas; Tumut, NS; 14 April 2011

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