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Date: | Wednesday 7 December 2011 |
Time: | 15:30 LT |
Type: | Cessna 210M Centurion II |
Owner/operator: | Chipford Pty. Ltd. |
Registration: | VH-WBZ |
MSN: | 21061846 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | About 25 km north of Injune, about 90 km north of Roma, QLD -
Australia
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | YROM |
Destination airport: | YDYS |
Investigating agency: | ATSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:On 7 December 2011, the owner-pilot of a Cessna 210M, registered VH-WBZ, was conducting a private flight under the visual flight rules from Roma to Dysart in Queensland. Thunderstorms with associated cloud, rain and severe turbulence were forecast for the area. About 30 minutes into the flight the outer sections of the wings and parts of the tail separated. The aircraft collided with terrain, fatally injuring the pilot.
The ATSB established that the aircraft was structurally sound before the wing and tail sections separated. No aircraft system defects were identified. Ground-based weather radar showed thunderstorms in the vicinity of the accident site, and recorded engine data showed cruise power setting was maintained until recording ceased. Although the precise circumstances leading up to the accident were not known, a combination of aircraft airspeed with the effects of turbulence and/or control inputs generated stresses that exceeded the design limits of the aircraft structure.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | ATSB |
Report number: | AO-2011-160 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
http://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/story/2011/12/08/cq-bound-light-plane-missing/ http://www.cqnews.com.au/story/2011/12/08/man-49-missing-light-aircraft/
http://www.thechronicle.com.au/story/2011/12/08/search-missing-roma-plane/
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2011/aair/ao-2011-160.aspx
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Dec-2011 00:37 |
gerard57 |
Added |
08-Dec-2011 06:16 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
08-Dec-2011 23:07 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
09-Dec-2011 02:27 |
Alpine Flight |
Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
08-Oct-2012 22:21 |
harro |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |