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| Date: | Monday 8 January 2024 |
| Time: | 07:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Owner/operator: | Townsville Airlines Pty Ltd |
| Registration: | VH-NWJ |
| MSN: | 208B2161 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2010 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lizard Island Airport (YLZI), Lizard Island, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Lizard Island Airport, QLD (LZR/YLZI) |
| Cairns Airport, QLD (CNS/YBCS) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Cessna 208B Grand Caravan overturned during an attempted emergency landing at Lizard Island Airport (LZR), Australia. Two of the aircraft's 10 occupants sustained injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged.
ADS-B data suggest that the flight took off from runway 12 at 06:47 local time, heading over the Great Barrier Reefs to Cairns Airport. A few minutes after departure, at an altitude of about 4000 feet, the aircraft made a descending turn back to LZR. According to local media, the engine had lost power.
The aircraft then overshot the runway on landing and overturned.
Sources:
https://www.9news.com.au/national/plane-crash-lizard-island-great-barrier-reef/78af78a6-2df7-4ad3-86ce-57e724512856
https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/plane-carrying-nine-people-including-child-crashes-on-lizard-island-great-barrier-reef/news-story/1fb63a6cd83c42c12739776bcf04a418
https://www.regosearch.com/aircraft/au/NWJ
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/VHNWJ/history/20240107/2030Z/YLZI/YBCS
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Location
Images:
Photo: Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS)
Media:
#UPDATE: New photos show the confronting crash scene of a small light plane on Lizard Island in the Great Barrier Reef.
— 9News Queensland (@9NewsQueensland) January 8, 2024
READ MORE: https://t.co/31bQM1VkG2#9News pic.twitter.com/4tprzaiYRU
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2024 06:59 | Pineapple | Added |
| 08-Jan-2024 08:56 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
| 08-Jan-2024 09:11 | harro | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2024 09:22 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Photo] |
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