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Bureau d'Archives des Accidents Aéronautiques |
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Aircraft Crashes Record Office |
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Bureau d'Archives des Accidents Aéronautiques |
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Accident description |
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Date & Time |
30AUG2004 at 1200LT |
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Type of Aircraft |
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Operator |
Peter Quilliam |
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Registration |
HB-LRW |
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Location |
El Questro |
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Flight number |
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Schedule |
El Questro - Broome |
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Construction number |
421C-0633 |
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Year of manufacture |
1979 |
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Crew on board |
1 |
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Pax on board |
1 |
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Crew fatalities |
1 |
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Pax fatalities |
1 |
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Other fatalities |
0 |
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Total fatalities |
2 |
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Circumstances |
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The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from El Questro Aeroplane Landing Area, Western Australia. Both occupants, British citizens, left the Swiss airport of La Chaux-de-Fonds (LSGC) during spring 2004 for a trip to Australia via Malta, Cyprus, Dubai, Oman, Iran, Thailand and Indonesia. After takeoff from runway 32, the aircraft turn sharply to the left before crashing in a wooded area located 888 meters after the runway end. Both occupants were killed. It is written in the ATSB's final report that "for reasons that could not ne determined, the aircraft commenced a slight left angle of bank and drifted left after lift-off at a height from which the pilot was unable to recover prior to strinking trees to the left of the runway". The pilot, aged 60, accumulated 2,128 flying hours within 975 on type. The aircraft, built in 1979, totalised approximately 3,254 flying hours. |
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