# NTSB LAX08WA071: Piper PA-18, Gascoyne Junc, Australia, February 13, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 13, 2008
- Place: Gascoyne Junc, Australia
- Coordinates: -24.383333, 115.01667
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-24.3833&lon=115.0167&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 67627
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX08WA071
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67627/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08WA071

## Factual narrative (aircraft 2)

On February 13, 2008, about 1015 coordinated universal time (UTC), a Piper PA-18 Super Cub, Australian registration VH-OUS, and a Robinson helicopter R44, Australian registration VH-ZDP, collided in mid-air 54 kilometers northwest of Gascoyne Junction, Australia. The pilot and passenger of the Piper were killed. The pilot and passenger of the Robinson were not injured. The airplane and helicopter both sustained substantial damage. The flights were both goat-culling operations and departed from Gascoyne Junction about 0905.

The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Australian government. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from:

Australian Transport Safety Bureau

PO Box 967, Civic Square ACT 2608

15 Mort St., Canberra City, Australian Capital Territory

Telephone: +61 2 6274 6440

Fax: +61 2 6247 3117

Internet: www.atsb.gov.au

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: VH-OUS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-18
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Other work use, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Eric Roulston
- Departed: Gascoyne Junc

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: VH-ZDP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Robinson R44
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Other work use, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Dunkeld Pastoral Co Pty Ltd
- Departed: Gascoyne Junc

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot, aircraft 1; injuries: fatal
- Pilot, aircraft 2; injuries: none

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)

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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