# NTSB SEA03WA030: Lancair IV, Geelong, Australia, December 20, 2002

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 20, 2002, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Geelong, Australia
- Coordinates: -38.145832, 144.62445
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-38.1458&lon=144.6244&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 56382
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA03WA030
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/56382/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03WA030

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-CIV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Lancair IV
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Flight test, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Doug Hegarty
- Departed: YMPC, Point Cook

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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