ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 279
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| Date: | Saturday 10 November 2007 |
| Time: | 11:35 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-WLQ |
| MSN: | 17271888 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Elliott (ALA), NM 37Km, NT -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Katherine, Northern Territory |
| Tennant Creek, Northern Territory | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On 10 November 2007 at approximately 0830 Central Standard Time, a Cessna Aircraft Company 172N, registered VH-WLQ, departed Katherine, Northern Territory (NT) on a private flight to Tennant Creek, NT with two pilots and a passenger on board. At approximately 1030, the aircraft struck power lines, which crossed the Stuart Highway 20 km north of Elliott.
The aircraft's tail section contacted the power lines, making the aircraft uncontrollable. The aircraft impacted the highway at a steep nose-down attitude and came to rest inverted on the side of the highway, approximately 150 m south of the point where it first made contact with the powerlines. The three occupants were fatally injured.
Sources:
ATSB Occurrence Nr. 200706832
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 August 1994 | VH-WLQ | 0 | Rowland Flat, SA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2008 10:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Jan-2008 22:11 | Andrew Whitton | Updated |
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