ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244681
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| Date: | Friday 6 November 2020 |
| Time: | c. 14:30 |
| Type: |  Morane-Saulnier MS.893A Rallye Commodore 180 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | VH-UQI |
| MSN: | 10962 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Greenbank, Logan, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Gunnedah, NSW |
| Brisbane-Archerfield Airport, QLD (ACF/YBAF) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot of a Morane-Saulnier MS.893A (Rallye) aircraft, registered VH-UQI, was conducting a private flight from Moruya, New South Wales, to Archerfield, Queensland. About 22 km south-west of Archerfield Airport, the engine began running rough before eventually failing. The pilot elected to conduct a forced landing into an open but slightly undulating paddock. The approach direction resulted in a tail wind landing. The aircraft over-ran the open area before it impacted with a grove of trees, significantly disrupting the aircraft structure.
A post impact fire consumed most of the fuselage.
Witnesses to the forced landing arrived at the scene and removed the unconscious pilot from the periphery of the fire zone and called emergency services. The pilot was seriously injured, and the aircraft was destroyed.
Contributing factors
1. The engine sustained a mechanical failure, most likely as a result of material degradation and impulse loading of the number 2 connecting rod journal bearing.
2. After experiencing an inflight engine failure, the pilot conducted a downwind forced landing into a paddock while experiencing reduced visibility from smoke and oil over the windscreen. The landing roll could not be arrested before over-running the paddock and impacting trees.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-06/light-plane-crash-greenbank-fire-qld/12858036
https://www.theage.com.au/national/queensland/small-plane-crashes-in-bushland-south-of-brisbane-20201106-p56c99.html
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/small-plane-crashes-in-bushland-south-of-brisbane-20201106-p56c99.html
https://www.airhistory.net/photos/0047097
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Nov-2020 07:12 | gerard57 | Added |
| 06-Nov-2020 07:29 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2020 14:45 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2020 21:52 | Captain Adam | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2020 06:53 | RobertMB | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2023 06:14 | harro | Updated [[Departure airport, Narrative]] |
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