ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209491
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 March 1996 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 180K |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-NWN |
| MSN: | 18053114 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Penfield Airport (YPEF), Penfield, VIC -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | YMEN |
| YPEF | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During a practice touch-and-go landing, the aircraft ballooned during the flare. The pilot applied some power to prevent a heavy landing and continued the landing, but was then distracted by the proximity of a runway strip marker on the left side of the aircraft. The pilot lost directional control and the aircraft ground-looped.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1996/aair/199600716/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/4931639/199600716.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 March 1985 | N2878K | Private | 0 | Houma, LA |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Apr-2018 08:46 | Pineapple | Added |
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