| Date: | Wednesday 7 August 1996 |
| Time: | 10:58 |
| Type: |  IRMA/Britten-Norman BN-2A-8 Islander |
| Owner/operator: | Unknown |
| Registration: | VH-FCO |
| MSN: | 845 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Horn Island Airport, QLD (HID) ? -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Maintenance personnel reported finding significant damage to the left main landing gear, as the aircraft was being loaded for the return sector of a charter flight at Horn Island, Queensland, Australia. The nature of the damage was consistent with a previous heavy landing. The two pilot operating crew advised that the previous flight sector was uneventful with a normal landing.
A company investigation has been unable to determine when the damage occurred. The aircraft was removed from service for repair.
Accident investigation:
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 September 1995 | VH-FCO | Unknown | 0 | Murray Island Airport, QLD (MYI) | |
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