ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 196156
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| Date: | Friday 16 June 2017 |
| Time: | c. 09:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172M Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | VH-FYN |
| MSN: | 17267270 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | West of Brooklet, NSW -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Southport Mason Field, Qld |
| Ballina Airport, NSW (BNK/YBNA) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Cessna 172M, registered VH-FYN, was being operated on a private flight from Southport Mason Field, Queensland to Ballina Airport, New South Wales. The purpose of the flight was to ferry the aircraft to Ballina for scheduled maintenance. En route, near the town of Bangalow NSW, the aircraft entered an area of reduced visibility, including low cloud, fog and drizzle. The aircraft diverted off the initial track and was last seen disappearing into cloud heading inland. A short time later the aircraft collided with terrain and the pilot was fatally injured.
Contributing factors:
The pilot departed Southport, Queensland for Ballina, New South Wales under the Visual Flight Rules with a forecast likelihood of low cloud, fog and showers of rain that reduced conditions below that required for visual flight.
It is likely the pilot encountered conditions of reduced visual cues and became spatially disorientated which led to a loss of control and collision with terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/06/16/man-dies-after-plane-crashes-nsw-fog
https://www.9news.com.au/national/2017/06/16/10/47/light-plane-crash-ballina
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-16/pilot-dead-in-nsw-north-coast-light-plane-crash/8624646
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2017/aair/ao-2017-061/
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jun-2017 05:24 | Geno | Added |
| 16-Jun-2017 06:47 | Pineapple | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 16-Jun-2017 20:24 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 16-Jun-2017 21:21 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 14-Mar-2019 18:36 | harro | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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