ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232077
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| Date: | Sunday 12 January 2020 |
| Time: | 14:53 |
| Type: |  Wittman W-10 Tailwind |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | VH-TWQ |
| MSN: | 05-1305 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tooloom National Park, NSW -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Casino Airport, NSW (CSI/YCAS) |
| Boonah Airport, QLD (YBOA) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot of an amateur-built Wittman Tailwind aircraft, registered VH-TWQ, departed Evans Head Airport, Australia, with one passenger on board. The pilot was conducting a private flight under the visual flight rules from Evans Head, New South Wales to Boonah, Queensland.
The pilot flew in a north-north-westerly direction towards Boonah via the Richmond River valley. At 13:53, the pilot commenced a 180° turn overhead the township of Kyogle and diverted south back down the valley to Casino aerodrome, landing at 14:06.
At 14:54, the pilot took off from Casino and flew in a west-north-westerly direction. At 15:11, TWQ commenced a left turn and, shortly afterwards, collided with terrain. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured and the aircraft was destroyed.
Contributing factors
• The pilot departed an interim landing site for Boonah under the visual flight rules with a high risk of encountering forecast cloud that reduced conditions below that required for visual flight.
• It is likely the pilot encountered conditions of reduced visual cues and became spatially disorientated which led to a loss of control and collision with terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://7news.com.au/travel/plane-crashes/crash-site-of-missing-light-aircraft-located-in-koreelah-national-park-near-casino-c-645194
https://www.google.com/amp/s/10daily.com.au/amp/news/australia/a200113hcozt/plane-wreckage-found-in-search-for-missing-men-20200113
https://www.miragenews.com/two-men-confirmed-dead-in-plane-crash-north-west-of-casino/
https://www.casa.gov.au/aircraft-register-advanced?search_api_views_fulltext=&vh=TWQ&field_ar_serial=&field_ar_manu=&field_ar_model=&field_ar_yearmanu_op=%3D&field_ar_yearmanu%5Bdate%5D=&field_ar_date_first_reg_op=%3D&field_ar_date_first_reg%5Bdate%5D=
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2020/aair/ao-2020-004/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2020/aair/ao-2020-004/
https://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/3/0/4/5440403.jpg?v=v46d9b7bbd10 (photo)
Images:
Photo: ATSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jan-2020 17:17 | gerard57 | Added |
| 12-Jan-2020 17:34 | gerard57 | Updated [Time] |
| 12-Jan-2020 17:44 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 13-Jan-2020 04:04 | Geno | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jan-2020 06:21 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 13-Jan-2020 06:49 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 13-Jan-2020 07:23 | RobertMB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jan-2020 09:46 | Sherlock | Updated [Registration] |
| 13-Jan-2020 10:34 | RobertMB | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jan-2020 10:43 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Mar-2020 07:19 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo] |
| 02-Mar-2021 12:51 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative, Accident report] |
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