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