# NTSB DCA26WA032: Fairchild 22C7, South Mackay, Australia, November 12, 2025

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: November 12, 2025
- Place: South Mackay, Australia
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Runway incursion veh/AC/person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/320)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 202007
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA26WA032
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202007/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA032

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff: Runway incursion veh/AC/person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/320) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 104 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/320/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-HPE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD 22C7
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Toll Aviation
- Registered owner: Toll Aviation
- Airport: MKY, Mackay Airport

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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