Accident AESL Airtourer Super 150 VH-AHW,
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Date:Sunday 3 September 1989
Time:16:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic TOUR model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
AESL Airtourer Super 150
Owner/operator:
Registration: VH-AHW
MSN: A543
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Grafton, NSW -   Australia
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:YSGR
Destination airport:YSGR
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
The aircraft was returning to South Grafton Airstrip from an aerobatic flying exercise when it crashed into the Clarence River after the pilot became incapacitated. An autopsy revealed that the pilot had died as a result of myocardial ischaemia.

Sources:

https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1989/aair/aair198903804/

Revision history:

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