- Date
- May 20, 2010, 04:15 local (04:15 UTC)
- Place
- Traralgon, Australia, Australia
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- VH-OSUBell 206
- Defining event
- Maneuvering: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 76067
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On May 20, 2010, about 0415 Universal Coordinated Time, a Bell 206 L-3, VH-OSU, operated by a pilot from New Zealand doing crop spraying operations struck a power line and subsequently collided with terrain near Latrobe Valley Aerodrome, Traralgon, Australia. The meteorological conditions were not reported at the time. The helicopter was destroyed and the pilot, the sole occupant, was killed. The departure and destination airports are unknown. 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 Transportation Safety Bureau (ATSB) P.O. Box 967, Civic Square Canberra A.C.T. 2608 Australia Telephone: (61) 2 6257-4150 Fax: (61) 2 6274-6434
Aircraft
- Registration
- VH-OSU
- Reported as
- Bell 206 (L3)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 51226
- Engine
- Allison, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Aerial application · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner
- Thomas Osborne
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- Latrobe Valley
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 25, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 39 KB in all.