ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 219915
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| Date: | Friday 9 June 1989 |
| Time: | 08:40 |
| Type: |  Cessna 182RG |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-SDG |
| MSN: | R18200743 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Killarney, NT -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Victoria River Downs, NT |
| Gilnocknie, NT | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that he rolled the aircraft out of a turn at 4000 feet and then the engine spluttered and stopped. Trouble checks including advice from the base station failed to restore engine power. In the ensuing forced landing, the aircraft was apparently flared too high and it bounced heavily twice resulting in the collapse of the nose gear. An engine run and inspection of components failed to detect the cause of the loss of power but a detailed laboratory inspection of the ignition switch confirmed the cause of the engine failure. This inspection detected an intermittency in the ignition/magneto switch internal wiring when subject to vibration. The ignition key had a heavy metal clip attached to it and it is believed that the inertia of this clip on rollout from the turn was sufficient to interrupt the electrical continuity within the magneto switch and cause the engine failure.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1989/aair/aair198900813/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/28532/aair198900813.pdf
https://www.airhistory.net/photo/27480/VH-SDG
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Dec-2018 02:18 | Pineapple | Added |
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