ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 217227
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| Date: | Thursday 9 April 1987 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 337 Super Skymaster |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-RDY |
| MSN: | 337-0180 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Maer Island, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Maer Island, QLD |
| Lockhart River, QLD | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On the night prior to the accident heavy rain had fallen in the area. The pilot stated that he carried out an inspection of the centre section of the strip prior to departure and found it to be suitable. This inspection did not include the last 150 metres of the strip, in the proposed direction of takeoff. The area used for the takeoff roll was to one side of the centre of the strip, where the grass cover varied substantially in length and density. Standing water along the strip inhibited acceleration with the result that the nose wheel was not raised off the ground. The aircraft entered large patches of water about 150 metres before the end of the strip, causing the airspeed to decay from 65 to 40 knots. The pilot elected to continue the takeoff and the aircraft overran the strip. It then sank into thick vegetation below the strip.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1987/aair/aair198703473/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/31877/aair198703473.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Nov-2018 23:26 | Pineapple | Added |
| 07-Nov-2020 21:34 | BEAVERSPOTTER | Updated [Cn, Accident report] |
| 16-Nov-2022 19:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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