- Date
- March 28, 2010, 09:00 local (09:00 UTC)
- Place
- Northam, Australia, Australia
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- VH-KDSPiper PA30
- Defining event
- Enroute: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT)
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 75596
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Factual narrative
On March 28, 2010, at 0900 coordinated universal time, a Piper PA-30, VH-KDS, registered to a private owner, collided with terrain near Northam, Australia. The airplane was substantially damaged and the pilot and passenger were killed. The flight departed Perth/Jandakot, Australia, at an unknown time. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Australia. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Australia. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) Level 2 West, 62 Northbourne Ave, Canberra, Australian 2601 PO Box 967, Civic Square ACT, Australia 2608 Phone: +61-2-6274 7685 Fax: +61-2-6274 6207 www.atsb.gov.au
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- VH-KDS
- Reported as
- Piper PA30 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-952
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Ronald Camp
- Registered owner
- Ronald Camp
- Departed
- YPJT · Perth/Jandakot
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 30, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 10 KB in all.