Incident Partenavia P.68B Victor VH-FAO,
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Date:Wednesday 16 May 1984
Time:15:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic P68 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Partenavia P.68B Victor
Owner/operator:
Registration: VH-FAO
MSN: 41
Year of manufacture:1975
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Horn Island Airport, Horn Island, QLD -   Australia
Phase: Landing
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:YMUI
Destination airport:Horn Island Airport (YHID)
Investigating agency: BASI
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Severe turbulence had been encountered on final approach but smooth air was entered on short final. After flaring to land, the aircraft rolled left rapidly and the landing was made on the left main wheel, followed by the right and nose wheels. The pilot subsequently inspected the aircraft but did not detect any damage. After two further flights the pilot noticed that the left wing appeared to be low. Distortion of the left main gear support frame was found.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: BASI
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1984/aair/aair198400023/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/33219/aair198400023.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Jul-2018 08:53 Pineapple Added
17-Jun-2023 00:03 Ron Averes Updated

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