Incident Weatherly 620A VH-WEA,
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Date:Thursday 17 October 1996
Time:09:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic W201 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Weatherly 620A
Owner/operator:
Registration: VH-WEA
MSN: 1528
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:9km SSE of Inverleigh, VIC -   Australia
Phase: Take off
Nature:Agricultural
Departure airport:Inverleigh, VIC
Destination airport:Inverleigh, VIC
Investigating agency: BASI
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Following takeoff from an agricultural airstrip, the aircraft experienced tail buffet and began to sink. It then collided with a fence and gate at the end of the strip, which tore off a spray boom, tail wheel and one of the main wheels.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: BASI
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1996/aair/199603362/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/4932267/199603362.pdf

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
28 August 1997 VH-WEA 0 3km WSW of Blumson Farm, SA w/o
Collision with pole or wires
20 March 2021 VH-WEA R-Mach Aviation 0 26 km from Rockhampton Aerodrome, QLD sub

Revision history:

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