ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205923
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| Date: | Thursday 4 October 1990 |
| Time: | 15:15 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172M |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-TUV |
| MSN: | 17263691 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Tweed Heads, NSW -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Tweed River, NSW |
| Tweed River, NSW | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After becoming airborne, the pilot pitched the nose of the aircraft down to gain airspeed but the aircraft landed back on the water and veered left. The pilot attempted to steer the aircraft away from the riverbank, but the aircraft's floats collided with a rock retaining wall and the aircraft overturned. None of the four occupants were injured in the incident.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1990/aair/aair199003105/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/26619/aair199003105.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Feb-2018 08:03 | Pineapple | Added |
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