ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324480
| Date: | Sunday 7 April 1996 |
| Time: | 21:38 |
| Type: |  Britten-Norman BN-2A-21 Islander |
| Owner/operator: | Island Air Gold Coast |
| Registration: | VH-HIA |
| MSN: | 415 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540-K1B5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Currumbin, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Moreton Airport, QLD (MET/YMOT) |
| Coolangatta Airport, QLD (OOL/YBCG) |
En route at 3000 feet the no. 2 engine lost power. A forced landing was carried out in the surf on Currumbin Beach.
Sources:
BAAA-ACRO
Scramble
WAAS
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