- Date
- September 1, 2015
- Place
- Thangool, Australia
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- VH-HPESwearingen SA227
- Defining event
- Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 91918
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Wildlife encounter (non-bird)All aircraft: 107 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Fairchild SA227 airplane, which occurred on September 01, 2015. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the ATSB investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the airplane. All investigative information will be released by the ATSB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- VH-HPE
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA227 (DC)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- DC-823B
- Damage
- Substantial damage