ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203875
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| Date: | Saturday 20 May 2000 |
| Time: | 14:17 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 320 |
| Owner/operator: | Flight West Airlines |
| Registration: | VH-FNU |
| MSN: | 286 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | near Cairns, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Mackay, QLD |
| Cairns, QLD | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft experienced a small in-flight fire on approach to Cairns Airport, which was extinguished by the co-pilot. The aircraft landed in Cairns without further incident and no injuries were reported.
Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2000/aair/aair200001876/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2018 19:10 | Pineapple | Added |
| 05-Jan-2018 19:11 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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