ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210371
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 October 1996 |
| Time: | 07:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 182Q Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-FMM |
| MSN: | 18265407 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | 45km NNE of Helen Springs, NT -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Bore 5, Helen Springs, NT |
| Bore 5, Helen Springs, NT | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft was engaged in a cattle mustering operation in which the pilot and two observers were on board. The weather was warm, with the presence of wind gusts and moderate turbulence. Hoping to turn the lead cattle towards a bore, he commenced a descent from about 140 feet above ground level while turning downwind. His intention was to level off at about 30 feet abeam the cattle. He planned to maintain an indicated airspeed of 75 to 80 knots with 20 degrees of flap. However, he was unable to arrest the rate of descent through 30 feet. The aircraft became too low to be banked successfully away from the cattle due to the likelihood of one of the wings striking the ground. With a left quartering tailwind, the aircraft drifted towards the herd. The pilot tried yawing the aircraft and pulling up to avoid the cattle, but the left main landing gear wheel struck one of the animals across its back. Despite severing the left main wheel, bending the landing gear leg back and killing the animal, the aircraft remained airborne and eventually gained altitude. The pilot then smelt fuel which was leaking from a fuel line, broken by the dislodged left landing gear leg. He declared an in-flight emergency to flight service and to Helen Springs homestead. Homestead personnel quickly ran a grader over the airstrip to smooth it out and hopefully make it safer for the emergency landing. The pilot managed to land the aircraft without further incident. The aircraft possibly encountered low windshear during the mustering operation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1996/aair/199603404/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/4932273/199603404.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-May-2018 19:38 | Pineapple | Added |
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