ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 184970
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| Date: | Saturday 27 February 2016 |
| Time: | 17:15 |
| Type: |  Jabiru ST3 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | 55-3692 |
| MSN: | 0061-ST0009 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | East of Katoomba Airfield (YKAT), NSW -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Katoomba airfield (YKAT) |
| Katoomba airfield (YKAT) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A Jabiru ST3 with one person onboard was reported overdue from a local flight. Search operations commenced in the late afternoon. A search helicopter located the Jabiru wreckage the next morning, approximately 1NM east of Katoomba Airfield (YKAT). The pilot was found to be deceased.
Sources:
https://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/02/27/21/43/light-plane-pilot-missing-in-nsw
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-28/pilot-of-missing-light-plane-found-dead-in-blue-mountains/7205766
https://au.news.yahoo.com/pilot-dies-after-light-plane-crash-in-blue-mountains-30949684.html
http://antonakis.co.uk/registers/australia/20140503.txt
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Jabiru-2200/0308161/L
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2016/aair/ae-2016-018/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Feb-2016 14:58 | gerard57 | Added |
| 28-Feb-2016 01:36 | Geno | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 28-Feb-2016 11:05 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source] |
| 28-Feb-2016 11:39 | Pineapple | Updated [Damage] |
| 28-Feb-2016 17:53 | Geno | Updated [Cn, Source] |
| 09-Apr-2016 12:41 | Kardz | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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