# NTSB LAX05WA228: Piper PA-31-350, Mount Hotham, Australia, July 8, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 8, 2005, 07:26 local (07:26 UTC)
- Place: Mount Hotham, Australia
- Coordinates: -37.033332, 147.333328
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-37.0333&lon=147.3333&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 61949
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX05WA228
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61949/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05WA228

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-OAO (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-31-350
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Business, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Russell James Lee
- Departed: YMEN, Essendon
- Destination: MHU, Mount Hotham

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC)

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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