ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 218635
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| Date: | Friday 29 April 1988 |
| Time: | 17:10 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172H |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-WKB |
| MSN: | 17256002 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Fraser Island, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | YHBA |
| Fraser Island, QLD | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that he was taxiing on the beach when the nose wheel encountered a soft patch of sand. The propeller and a wing were bent. The tide at the time was about half way between low and high. The pilot had frequently operated from this particular stretch of beach. On this occasion he had not noticed that an area of soft sand existed in his taxi path. This accident was not the subject of an on-site investigation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1988/aair/aair198803457/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/29560/aair198803457.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 August 2016 | VH-WKB | Private | 0 | 30 km N of Broome Airport, WA | |
non |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Nov-2018 11:27 | Pineapple | Added |
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