ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 219273
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| Date: | Friday 25 November 1988 |
| Time: | 08:00 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-180 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-ERR |
| MSN: | 28-955 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Wongalee Station, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Wongalee Station, QLD |
| Wongalee Station, QLD | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
As the pilot rotated the aircraft for takeoff, he heard several bangs and felt there was an accompanying power loss, so he aborted the takeoff. When it appeared he would be unable to stop in the strip remaining, he deliberately ground-looped the aircraft. The nose wheel leg was damaged and the propeller struck the surface of the strip, necessitating an engine strip - the propeller was not damaged. An inspection of the aircraft did not find any fault with either the engine or the braking system. The black soil strip was found to be very soft and it is considered that the retarding action of the strip caused the pilot to believe a power loss had occurred. The bangs heard by him were probably caused by clods of dirt hitting the fuselage.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1988/aair/aair198803503/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/26547/aair198803503.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Dec-2018 10:32 | Pineapple | Added |
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