Early on Monday morning (the day after the accident) a farmer
reported finding the aircraft crashed on his property.
A Flight West crew at Roma had reported that the pilot of an
aircraft was having difficulties in finding Roma at about 1835 on
Sunday evening. The pilot was asking for a description of the
aerodrome in relation to the township and requested that the Flight
West crew wait on the ground until their arrival. When the Flight
West passengers had disembarked, the crew attempted to contact the
aircraft again, but without success.
The aircraft call sign was reported to Flight Service as VH-ECN.
When SAR (Brisbane) found VH-ECN at Caboolture and no further
reports of a missing aircraft were received, the INCERFA was
cancelled.
Last light at Roma was 1804 approximately. The pilot was not
rated for night visual flight rules.