ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 217762
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| Date: | Sunday 13 September 1987 |
| Time: | 16:35 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-161 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-MHE |
| MSN: | 28-7916193 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Schofields Airport (YSFS), Schofields, NSW -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | YSFS |
| YSFS | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot had been authorised to carry out circuit and landing practice. He had been operating for about 20 minutes when witnesses observed that immediately after lift-off from a touch-and-go landing, the aircraft assumed a higher than normal nose attitude. At an height of between 100 and 150 feet above the runway, the engine noise ceased and the aircraft pitched forward to a steep nose-down attitude. This attitude was maintained until the aircraft impacted the ground, before coming to rest 50 metres to the right of the runway centreline. A subsequent investigation determined that the pilot had probably suffered a heart attack at about the point of lift-off, resulting in incapacitation and loss of aircraft control.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1987/aair/aair198702421/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/34072/aair198702421.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Nov-2018 08:48 | Pineapple | Added |
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