Date:	Saturday 17 November 2007
Time:
Type:	Cessna 337G Super Skymaster
Owner/operator:	G J & M H Investments Pty Ltd.
Registration:	VH-CHU
MSN:	33701773
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Cape Liptrap, 24 Km SE of Inverloch, VIC -   Australia
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Moorabbin, Melbourne (MBW/YMMB)
Destination airport:	Merimbula, NSW (MIM/YMER)
Investigating agency:	ATSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
On 17 November 2007, the owner-pilot of a Cessna Aircraft Company C337G (Skymaster), registered VH-CHU, was conducting a private flight in accordance with the visual flight rules from Moorabbin Airport, Victoria, to Merimbula, NSW. The pilot, who was accompanied by three passengers, had indicated that he would be tracking along the coast. The aircraft did not arrive at Merimbula and on 19 November 2007 aircraft wreckage and three of the deceased occupants were found on a beach between Venus Bay and Cape Liptrap, Victoria. Some wreckage was later found in the sea, off the beach. There were no survivors of the four persons (pilot, Geoff Milne, his wife Mathilde, their son and his girlfriend) on board.

The investigation found that while manoeuvring over water at low level in conditions of reduced visibility, the pilot probably became spatially disorientated and inadvertently descended into the water. A contributing factor was the pilot’s lack of instrument flying qualification and minimal instrument flying training and experience

1. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2007/AAIR/aair200707039.aspx]
2. https://www.theage.com.au/news/national/pilots-family-on-board-missing-plane/2007/11/18/1195321595742.html?s_cid=rss_news
3. http://www.jetspotter.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7634
4. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10476876
5. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/pilot-had-family-on-board/story-e6frf7kx-1111114903561
6. https://www.pprune.org/pacific-general-aviation-questions/356914-inverloch-337-report.html
7. http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/24390/A02007061_final.pdf

Cessna 337 VH-CHU at Moorabbin (MBW / YMMB) Victoria, September 13, 2007
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Photographer © John Dixon

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
21-Jan-2008 10:00	ASN archive	Added
25-Jan-2008 22:12	Andrew Whitton	Updated
27-Feb-2008 10:50	harro	Updated
27-Feb-2008 10:50	harro2	Updated
14-Apr-2014 18:19	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
14-Apr-2014 18:24	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
10-Jun-2022 04:17	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]