ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214112
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| Date: | Sunday 27 January 1985 |
| Time: | 13:09 |
| Type: |  Pitts S1-E |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-DDS |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Lake Eppalock, VIC -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | YMMB |
| YMMB | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A low level aerobatic display was being conducted over the lake. Towards the end of the display the pilot performed four snap rolls followed by a steep climb and stall turn. Although the display was to be conducted not below 500 feet above ground level, the aircraft was recovered from the last snap roll at an estimated 150 feet above ground level. Despite this low recovery height the pilot persisted with the climb and stall turn manoeuvre. While attempting to recover from the subsequent dive he stalled the aircraft at too low a height to avoid impacting the water.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1985/aair/aair198501385/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/31473/aair198501385.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Aug-2018 07:15 | Pineapple | Added |
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