ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 29178
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| Date: | Sunday 10 October 1976 |
| Time: | 13:55 |
| Type: |  Schleicher ASW 15B |
| Owner/operator: | Echo Quebec Syndicate |
| Registration: | VH-GEQ |
| MSN: | 15384 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 Km North of Bargo, NSW -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Camden, NSW (CDU/YCSN) |
| near Bargo, NSW | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The purpose of the flight was to enable the pilot to engage in practice for a forthcoming competition. He had completed 84 flights in this type of aircraft for a total of 164 hours. The aircraft was launched by aero-tow and the pilot released from the tow when at an altitude of about 3000 feet some 3 km south of Camden aerodrome.
At about 1520 hours the pilot made a radio transmission to the effect that he was in the vicinity of Bargo, 30 km south of Camden aerodrome; he would not be proceeding further south; he was returning to Camden. Some 10 minutes later he advised that he intended to make an outlanding south of Bargo near a road.
At approximately 1540 hours the aircraft was observed 3 km north of Bargo flying in a northerly direction level partly cleared terrain at a height estimated as 200 feet. The area was suitable for an outlanding.
The aircraft entered a turn to the left which was continued through some 270 degrees onto an easterly heading, and during which it was gradually descending. Witnesses described the speed of the aircraft during the turn as 'almost stationary' or seeming to 'hover'.
Almost immediately after the aircraft assumed the easterly heading it 'swooped down'; recovered briefly during which it overflew a stockyard; it then nosed down and descended steeply. The aircraft first struck a pair of parallel fences 3-5 metres apart followed by heavy nose contact with the ground and a steel water trough. The fences constitute a boundary of a 200 metre square paddock.
Examination of the wreckage revealed no evidence of any pre-existing defect or malfunction which could have contributed to the accident. The weight of the aircraft and the centre of gravity were within the permissible limits. Water ballast was not carried during the flight.
The wind velocity at the accident site was westerly probably at 15 knots gusting to 30 knots. he pilot, Allan Wesley BULL, aged 43, was killed on impact with the ground
ATSB Conclusion: The probable cause of the accident was that the pilot did not exercise the standard of judgement necessary in the planning and conduct of an outlanding.
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/asw15.htm
2. http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1976/aair/aair197601533.aspx
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Apr-2014 19:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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