ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138868
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| Date: | Thursday 29 September 2011 |
| Time: | 14:40 |
| Type: |  Gippsland GA-8 Airvan |
| Owner/operator: | Slingair |
| Registration: | VH-AJZ |
| MSN: | GA8-05-096 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2006 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Birdsville Track, Etadunna, SA -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Maree, NSW |
| Maree, NSW | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 29 September 2011 at 1240 Central Standard Time, a Gippsland Aeronautics GA-8 Airvan, registered VH-AJZ, departed Marree, South Australia, on a scenic charter flight over Lake Eyre and surrounding regions. One pilot and six passengers were on board the aircraft.
The pilot climbed the aircraft to 3,500 ft above mean sea level (AMSL) and followed the standard company route. All engine indications and power settings were normal. About 55 NM (102 km) north-west of Marree, the pilot descended the aircraft to 500 ft above ground level (AGL) and flew the scenic route for a further 20 NM (37 km) before turning west towards Lake Eyre.
About 45 minutes after takeoff and at a height of about 500 ft AGL, the pilot felt a shudder through the airframe, heard a loud pop and the propeller stopped suddenly. The pilot carried out a forced landing on the Birdsville Track, approximately 135 km north-north-east of Marree.
The pilot and passengers were not injured and the aircraft sustained no damage as a result of the forced landing. Inspection of the aircraft revealed engine oil pooling inside the lower engine cowls and covering the underside of the fuselage. Large cracks in the engine crankcase could be seen through the cowling and the propeller could not be rotated by hand
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2011/aair/ao-2011-125.aspx
http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/4089470/ao-2011-125_final.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 April 2017 | VH-AJZ | GSL Group Pty Ltd | 0 | Gibb River Airport, WA (GBV/YGIB) | |
w/o |
| Engine failure | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Sep-2011 12:42 | harro | Added |
| 08-Apr-2014 19:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 09-Jun-2022 23:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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