ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210320
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 March 1997 |
| Time: | 14:45 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-310 Navajo |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-PNL |
| MSN: | 31-97 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Watson River, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Watson River, QLD |
| YBCS | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During the takeoff roll, the aircraft was not accelerating as anticipated due to the soft, wet surface. At about 70 knots, the pilot raised the nose in an attempt to become airborne and allow the aircraft to accelerate in ground effect. As soon as the aircraft lifted off, it veered slightly left and was about to settle back on the ground, so he closed the throttles and tried to maintain directional control on the ground. The aircraft entered mud and grass to the left of the runway for about 200 metres. The nose wheel then broke off, the propellers struck the ground, and the aircraft came to rest in about 8 metres. A passenger on the aircraft, who was an engineer, had previously run the left engine as it was suspected to not be producing full power. No fault was found with the engine. During the accident takeoff, the engineer had noted that the left engine was performing normally.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1997/aair/199700786/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/4930712/199700786.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 March 1987 | VH-PNL | 0 | Cape Flattery Airport (YCFL), Cape Flattery, QLD | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-May-2018 09:36 | Pineapple | Added |
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