# NTSB DEN06WA057: Herde Lancair 360, Bankstown, Australia, April 5, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 5, 2006, 04:55 local (04:55 UTC)
- Place: Bankstown, Australia
- Coordinates: -33.918888, 150.987228
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-33.9189&lon=150.9872&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Australian Transport Safety Bureau
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63467
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN06WA057
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63467/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06WA057

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-ZNZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Herde Lancair 360
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Christopher John Herde
- Departed: YSBK, Bankstown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)
- Wind: 315° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 29.56 inHg
- Observed at: YSBK

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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