ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 221594
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| Date: | Wednesday 6 February 2019 |
| Time: | 14:20 LT |
| Type: | TAG Titanium Explorer 100 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-565 |
| MSN: | 063 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Forrest Beach, NE of Busselton Regional Airport (BQB/YBLN), WA -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Augusta Airport (YAUG) |
| Bunbury Airport, WA (BUY/YBUN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A gyroplane crashed under unknown circumstances. Both occupants died in the crash.
An AD grounding aircraft of this type fitted with a folding mast from November 2018 was not complied with. The upper portion of mast with the rotor separated from the aircraft. The reason for this failure and an earlier case on 31 Oct 2018 (which resulted in the grounding) has yet to be determined. The aircraft had flown from Bunbury to Augusta and crashed about 10 minutes flying time from Bunbury on the return leg.
Sources:
https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/helicopter-crashes-at-forrest-beach-near-capel-busselton-ng-b881097274z
https://www.smh.com.au/national/western-australia/emergency-services-rush-to-helicopter-crash-off-wa-s-coast-20190206-p50w57.html
http://gyroaccidents.blogspot.com
http://titaniumgyrocopter.blogspot.com/2015/12/titanium-gyrocopter.html
http://titaniumautogyro.com.au/models-1/
Media:
Australia - Gyrocopter crashes at Forrest Beach near Capel, Busselton https://t.co/8ldcr40gHo
— PLANES OF LEGEND (@PlanesOfLegend) 7 février 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Feb-2019 07:58 | gerard57 | Added |
| 06-Feb-2019 08:40 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 07-Feb-2019 01:27 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source] |
| 07-Feb-2019 01:28 | Geno | Updated [Location] |
| 08-Feb-2019 01:22 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 08-Feb-2019 09:43 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 11-Feb-2019 18:04 | Saccani | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
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