ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 215661
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| Date: | Thursday 30 January 1986 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-25-235B |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-CPT |
| MSN: | 25-2997 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2km NE of Cudal, NSW -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | YCUA |
| YCUA | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was a Chinese citizen who was being trained, as part of an Australian Development Aid program, to a standard equivalent to that required for an Agricultural rating. His Chinese Commercial Licence was suitably endorsed to allow training in this country. The flight in question was authorised as a practice spraying exercise and was to be the pilot's last solo sequence before a flight test. At the end of the first practice spraying run the entry into the procedure turn was delayed, and the turn was then conducted at less than the normal angle of bank. This placed the aircraft in a wide and low turn, during which it collided with a tree. This collision occurred at about 50 feet above ground level, and the aircraft struck the ground 35 metres beyond the tree. The pilot subsequently reported that the aircraft had been affected by a downdraft. However, other pilots and ground witnesses in the area indicated that excessive sink or downdrafts were unlikely to have occurred. The tree struck was prominent and contrasted well with the surrounding vegetation. It was likely that the pilot was looking back to check his flight path in relation to the spraying runs and had not seen the tree prior to the collision.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1986/aair/aair198602307/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/33527/aair198602307.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 November 1967 | ZK-CID | Aerial Work (Marlborough) Ltd | Havelock, Marlborough |  |
unk | |
| 4 March 1971 | ZK-CID | Aerial Work (Marlborough) Ltd. | Fairhall, Marlborough | |
unk |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Sep-2018 12:02 | Pineapple | Added |
| 21-Feb-2020 10:21 | BEAVERSPOTTER | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Damage] |
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