ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27139
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| Date: | Sunday 17 July 1983 |
| Time: | 15:05 LT |
| Type: |  Aero Commander 685 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | VH-WJC |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bass Strait, 81 nm from Wonthaggi, VIC -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hobart, Tasmania (HBA/YMHB) |
| Moorabbin, Melbourne (MBW/YMMB) | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
At about 15:05 hours on 17 July 1983, Rockwell (Aero Commander) 685 aircraft VH-WJC ditched in Bass Strait while on a flight from Hobart to Moorabbin.
The aircraft had reported a "fuel problem" at 14:52, followed by a MAYDAY call at 14:54. The final transmission from the aircraft was at 15:01. A fuel slick was sighted on the sea at 15:45 by a passing Fokker F-27 airliner VH-FNO. Only one survivor was sighted in the vicinity of the crash; he was first seen at 15:53, but had disappeared by 17:07. The other person on board is presumed to have gone down when the aircraft sank.
Search and Rescue activities were initiated at 15:05 and, approximately 50 minutes after the accident, a survivor in a life jacket was sighted by a searching aircraft. Support and rescue efforts were unsuccessful and contact with the survivor was lost about two hours after the ditching. Neither occupant of the aircraft was rescued and the wreckage was not recovered. The Search and Rescue activities were terminated at 19:00 hours on 19 July 1983
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1983/aair/pdf/198302284.pdf
2. https://www.pprune.org/pacific-general-aviation-questions/501671-mercy-flights-3.html#post7560925
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1983/archives/crash-of-a-rockwell-aero-commander-685-in-bass-strait-2-killed/]
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-May-2014 16:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 15-May-2014 16:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2022 03:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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