| Date: | Tuesday 9 January 1990 |
| Time: | 14:21 |
| Type: |  PADC/Britten-Norman BN-2A-21 Islander |
| Owner/operator: | Sunbird Airlines Pty Ltd |
| Registration: | VH-SBD |
| MSN: | 500 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Yorke Island Airport, QLD (OKR) -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Yorke Island Airport, QLD (OKR/YYKI) |
| Murray Island Airport, QLD (MYI/YMUI) | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft was taking off from a 920 metre grass strip in moderate to heavy rain. Takeoff weight was about 60 kilograms below maximum authorised. Witnesses reported that the aircraft became airborne well beyond the normal position, and then only momentarily, before the pilot abandoned the takeoff. The aircraft crossed the end of the strip and ran across a beach before coming to rest in chest deep water. The pilot of a following aircraft later indicated that there was a significant down wind component during the first aircraft's takeoff attempt.
Significant Factors:
The following factor was considered relevant to the development of the accident
1. The takeoff attempt was made in downwind conditions, for reasons which were not determined.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
ATSB
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