ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 220055
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Date: | Friday 20 October 1989 |
Time: | 10:20 |
Type: | Eipper Quicksilver MX |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | 10-0925 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Mandurah Estuary, WA -
Australia
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Mandurah Estuary, WA |
Destination airport: | Mandurah Estuary, WA |
Investigating agency: | BASI |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The pilot purchased the aircraft the week prior to the accident. He had no aeronautical experience prior to the acquisition and had not undertaken any form of training for ultralight flying. Whilst conducting taxi tests with the control column all the way aft to feel the effects of the controls, the aircraft became airborne with less than full power set. After liftoff, the airspeed declined rapidly in which the aircraft became uncontrollable and dived into the estuary. It is a requirement of the regulations covering the piloting of ultralight aircraft that before acting as pilot-in-command of an aircraft that the pilot undergoes specified training. This accident was not the subject of a formal on-scene investigation.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | BASI |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1989/aair/aair198900258/ https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/27026/aair198900258.pdf Revision history:
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