ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 184970
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Date: | Saturday 27 February 2016 |
Time: | 17:15 |
Type: | Jabiru ST3 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | 55-3692 |
MSN: | 0061-ST0009 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | East of Katoomba Airfield (YKAT), NSW -
Australia
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Katoomba airfield (YKAT) |
Destination airport: | Katoomba airfield (YKAT) |
Investigating agency: | ATSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:A Jabiru ST3 with one person onboard was reported overdue from a local flight. Search operations commenced in the late afternoon. A search helicopter located the Jabiru wreckage the next morning, approximately 1NM east of Katoomba Airfield (YKAT). The pilot was found to be deceased.
Sources:
https://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/02/27/21/43/light-plane-pilot-missing-in-nsw http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-28/pilot-of-missing-light-plane-found-dead-in-blue-mountains/7205766 https://au.news.yahoo.com/pilot-dies-after-light-plane-crash-in-blue-mountains-30949684.html http://antonakis.co.uk/registers/australia/20140503.txt http://www.airliners.net/photo/Jabiru-2200/0308161/L https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2016/aair/ae-2016-018/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Feb-2016 14:58 |
gerard57 |
Added |
28-Feb-2016 01:36 |
Geno |
Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
28-Feb-2016 11:05 |
Anon. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source] |
28-Feb-2016 11:39 |
Pineapple |
Updated [Damage] |
28-Feb-2016 17:53 |
Geno |
Updated [Cn, Source] |
09-Apr-2016 12:41 |
Kardz |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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