Investigation number
AE-2018-072
Occurrence date
Location
65 km north of Wentworth
State
New South Wales
Report release date
Report status
Final
Investigation level
Short
Investigation type
External Investigation
Investigation phase
Final report: Dissemination
Investigation status
Completed
Aviation occurrence type
Collision with terrain
Occurrence category
Accident
Highest injury level
Fatal

On 31 October 2018, an Aeropro 3K, registration 24-7502, collided with terrain 65 km north of Wentworth in NSW. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured.

Recreational Aviation Australia (RAAus) commenced an investigation of this accident and requested technical assistance from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) to download the flight data from a Dynon data logging unit.

To protect the information supplied by RAAus to the ATSB and the ATSB's investigative work to assist RAAus, the ATSB has initiated an investigation under the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003.

Any enquiries relating to the accident investigations should be directed to RAAus at: www.raa.asn.au.



Updated: 26 March 2019

The ATSB has completed its work attempting to download the recorded data from the Dynon SkyView SV‑D1000 unit supplied by RAAus. A report detailing the work undertaken by the ATSB was provided to RAAus on 15 March 2019.

Aircraft Details
Model
Aeropro 3K 100 hp
Registration
24-7502
Serial number
32310
Operation type
Private
Sector
Sport and recreational
Damage
Substantial