ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202
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| Date: | Friday 19 June 1992 |
| Time: | 18:53 E |
| Type: |  Beechcraft B55 Baron |
| Owner/operator: | Crane Air |
| Registration: | VH-JDL |
| MSN: | TC-1382 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tarago, near Goulburn, NSW -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bankstown, NSW |
| Cooma, NSW | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 19 June 1992, at approximately 1853 hours, a Beechcraft Baron 95-B55, registration VH-JDL, disappeared from Air Traffic Control radar display, without prior indication of difficulty. The aircraft wreckage was located the following morning on a moderately timbered slope, at Tarago, near Goulburn, 700 metres above mean sea level and 45 kilometres north-east of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The pilot and all five passengers were killed and the aircraft was destroyed by impact forces.
The investigation determined that the aircraft departed Bankstown Airport loaded in excess of the maximum allowable take-off weight, and that the pilot did not comply with either Instrument Flight Rules or Night Visual Flight Rules rating recency standards required for the conduct of the flight. While cruising at 8,000 feet, the aircraft entered a rapid descent, during which it reversed direction in a left turn. The descent was briefly arrested at a low altitude; however, the aircraft again turned left and descended rapidly.
The aircraft exhibited flight characteristics consistent with those of an aircraft loaded to an aft centre of gravity position. There are indications that the centre of gravity moved further aft during the flight, until reaching a point at which the pilot was unable to prevent significant diversions in both climb and descent from the reference altitude, culminating in the rapid descent.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. ATSB https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1992/AAIR/pdf/aair199200014_001.pdf
2. http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1992/1992-32.htm
3. http://www.ascendworldwide.com/download/Cust/WAAS167_Complete.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 September 1989 | VH-JDL | 0 | Bankstown Airport, Bankstown, NSW | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2008 10:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Mar-2008 00:49 | Andrew Whitton | Updated |
| 03-Mar-2016 19:31 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2022 09:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 05-Jun-2023 04:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Location]] |
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