ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 213289
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| Date: | Wednesday 6 August 1969 |
| Time: | 09:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee |
| Owner/operator: | West Air Aviation Pty Ltd |
| Registration: | VH-PIR |
| MSN: | 25-2567 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | NE of Coonamble, NSW -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | NE of Coonamble, NSW |
| NE of Coonamble, NSW | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft had been flown on the morning of the accident from Coonabarabran to the agricultural strip at "Lumley", near Coonamble, to engage in spraying operations. Finding that the loader had not arrived, the pilot decided to take off and look for the vehicle with the object of directing the driver to the strip. At about this time the driver was entering the "Lumley" property and the pilot flew low over the loader in the direction of the airstrip. He did not see the power transmission lines across the flight path of the aircraft at a height of some 30 feet above the ground until the aircraft was about to strike them. The aircraft contacted the wires with the main undercarriage, decelerated and struck the ground with the nose and right wing before coming to rest inverted. Fire broke out immediately on ground impact but the pilot was able to evacuate the aircraft before it was destroyed by fire.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1969/aair/aair196901158/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/24465/196901158.pdf
Images:
Photo: BASI
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jul-2018 23:42 | Pineapple | Added |
| 07-Nov-2018 07:48 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Photo, Accident report, ] |
| 12-Mar-2020 19:09 | BEAVERSPOTTER | Updated [Cn] |
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