ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 213519
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| Date: | Monday 19 October 1970 |
| Time: | 19:18 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft D50B Twin Bonanza |
| Owner/operator: | Nicholas Skyways Pty Ltd |
| Registration: | VH-RCN |
| MSN: | DH-232 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Moorabbin, VIC -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | YMEN |
| YMMB | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
At approximately 1418 hours Eastern Standard Time on 19 October 1970, a Beech D50B aircraft, registered VH-RCN, and a Bell 47G-3B-2 helicopter, registered VH-BLM, collided in flight four miles north-west of Moorabbin Airport, Melbourne, Victoria. The twin engined Beech aircraft was approaching Moorabbin Airport in the course
of a flight from Essendon via Point Ormond. The helicopter was approaching Moorabbin Airport, also via Point Ormond and the collision occurred outside controlled airspace. Following the mid-air impact, both aircraft crashed in a built-up residential area in the suburb of Moorabbin, causing relatively minor damage to houses and property in the vicinity. The two occupants of the Beech D50B aircraft and the three occupants of the Bell
helicopter were killed and both aircraft were destroyed by the collision and ground impact.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1970/aair/aair197002588/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/24228/197002588.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jul-2018 03:35 | Pineapple | Added |
| 18-Nov-2022 18:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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