ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 346298
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| Date: | Friday 6 October 2023 |
| Time: | 14:49 |
| Type: |  Cirrus SR22 |
| Owner/operator: | Up n Up Aviation Pty Ltd |
| Registration: | VH-MSF |
| MSN: | 0153 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
| Engine model: | Teledyne-continental IO-550-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Gundaroo, NSW -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Canberra Airport, ACT (CBR/YSCB) |
| Armidale Airport, NSW (ARM/YARM) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A Cirrus SR22 crashed near Gundaroo, New South Wales, and caught fire. The four occupants died and the aircraft was destroyed by fire.
It departed Canberra Airport (CBR/YSCB) for Armidale Airport (ARM/YARM) at 14:37. As it climbed through 7500 ft up to its planned cruising altitude of 10,000 ft its groundspeed fluctuated and its track varied.
Several people at locations below the aircraft’s flight path during this time reported hearing noises that they described as a rough running or surging light aircraft engine.
Twelve minutes after take-off, the aircraft was about 25 km north of Canberra, at an altitude of about 10000 ft, when it abruptly departed from controlled flight and descended steeply towards the ground. Witnesses described the aircraft rotating in a corkscrew motion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-06/fatal-plane-crash-gundaroo-north-of-canberra/102945326
https://www.9news.com.au/national/light-plane-crashes-in-gundaroo-near-lake-george/6aed7d94-77d1-4687-9d5f-12540bbeb28e
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/light-plane-crashes-near-canberra-20231006-p5eadu.html
https://www.news.com.au/national/at-least-one-dead-in-plane-crash-near-canberra/news-story/4499f771d7d7b8ae0ebe08567f2f00e5
https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/horror-pictures-capture-smouldering-plane-wreck-after-grandad-3-kids-killed-in-fatal-flight/news-story/e83b4df5b8439625041240fdba84995f
https://aboutregional.com.au/plane-crashes-to-the-north-of-canberra/435814/
https://www.casa.gov.au/search-centre/aircraft-register?search_api_fulltext=MSF
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/VHMSF/history/20231006/0330Z/YSCB/YARM
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/63236_1540277116.jpg (photo)
History of this aircraft
Ex N75VK
Location
Images:
Figure: ATSB
Media:
The ATSB has launched a transport safety investigation into a fatal accident involving a Cirrus light aircraft at Gundaroo, north of Canberra, on Friday afternoon.https://t.co/DJGahPD3Xl
— ATSB (@atsbgovau) October 6, 2023
Police believe four people have died after a light plane owned by a Brisbane man crashed in a paddock near Gundaroo after taking off from Canberra Airport.https://t.co/XHGvNqTDP2
— Canberra Daily (@canberra_daily) October 6, 2023
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Oct-2023 05:29 | hmmptwizzle | Added |
| 06-Oct-2023 05:33 | harro | Updated |
| 06-Oct-2023 05:58 | hmmptwizzle | Updated |
| 06-Oct-2023 07:02 | Bidgee | Updated |
| 06-Oct-2023 08:02 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 06-Oct-2023 12:26 | Anon. | Updated |
| 06-Oct-2023 16:29 | Iceman 29 | Updated |
| 06-Oct-2023 21:37 | Captain Adam | Updated |
| 07-Oct-2023 00:24 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 07-Oct-2023 06:28 | harro | Updated |
| 09-Oct-2023 10:41 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 14-Oct-2023 10:36 | joehupp2004 | Updated |
| 15-Dec-2023 08:51 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Accident report, Photo] |
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