ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28868
Last updated: 24 August 2020
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| Date: | 26-FEB-1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 421B Golden Eagle |
| Owner/operator: | Codds Air Service |
| Registration: | VH-EGT |
| C/n / msn: | 421B-0933 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Dysart, Queensland -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Dysart, Queensland (DYA/YDYS) |
This aircraft crashed on 26 February 1980 at Dysart, Queensland, whilst on a positioning flight,and was destroyed. killing the pilot (the sole person on board)
Sources:
1. http://web.archive.org/web/20170104064115/http://www.baaa-acro.com:80/1980/archives/crash-of-a-cessna-421-golden-eagle-in-australia-1-killed
2. https://flic.kr/p/ikvqoW
Cessna VH-BGT at Sydney Bankstown (BWU/YSBK) New South Wales, 1978
Photographer © Peter Lea
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Apr-2014 02:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
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