DCA26WA257

NTSB incident investigation · GippsAero GA8 · Whitemark, Australia · December 16, 2025

IncidentClass 5 · Foreign
Date
December 17, 2025, 09:15 local (Dec 16, 2025, 22:15 UTC)
Place
Whitemark, Australia
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
VH-ASIGippsAero GA8AH-SEZSwearingen SA227
Defining event
Takeoff: Runway incursion veh/AC/person
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
203289

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Aircraft · 2

Registration
VH-ASI
Reported as
GippsAero GA8
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Registration
AH-SEZ
Reported as
Swearingen SA227 (AC)
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial