ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 213798
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| Date: | Sunday 18 March 1973 |
| Time: | 07:15 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-25-235 |
| Owner/operator: | Tablelands Air Service |
| Registration: | VH-PEP |
| MSN: | 25-2956 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 11km W of Mudgee, NSW -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Early in the day the pilot flew the aircraft from Mudgee to the airstrip situated about 4 mile south of the property on which superphosphate was to be spread. The weather was fine, the wind was calm and visibility was unrestricted. Although the pilot did not carry out a ground or aerial inspection of the property prior to commencing operations, nor did he obtain a specific briefing regarding the location of power lines on the property, he had carried out similar operations on this property periodically during the previous five years. As the aircraft approached the power line it banked to the right, apparently to follow the change in boundary direction and the raised left wing tip struck the cables resulting in a portion of the wing leading edge and upper surface fabric being detached. The aircraft slewed and rolled to the left and struck the ground In an inverted attitude 460 feet beyond the power line where it came to rest against a post and wire fence. A fierce fire occurred immediately.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1973/aair/aair197301379/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/25096/197301379.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jul-2018 01:53 | Pineapple | Added |
| 11-Mar-2020 19:05 | BEAVERSPOTTER | Updated [Cn] |
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