- Date
- June 21, 2010, 01:45 local (01:45 UTC)
- Place
- Broken Hill, Australia
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- VH-UFNCessna 172N
- Defining event
- Unknown: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT)
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 76425
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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 June 21, 2010, about 0145 coordinated universal time, a Cessna 172N, VH-UFN, registered to a private owner, collided with water during an unknown flight phase near Broken Hill, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. The airplane was reported missing and was subsequently located submerged in water. The airplane was substantially damaged and the pilot, the sole occupant, was killed. The flight departed from Woolcunda Homestead, NSW, 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, Australia 2601 PO Box 967, Civic Square, Canberra ACT, Australia 2608 Phone: +(61) 2 6257-4150 Fax: +(61) 2 6274-6434 www.atsb.gov.au
Aircraft
- Registration
- VH-UFN
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270963
- Engine
- Textron Lycoming O-320, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner
- Robert Seekamp
- Departed
- Woolcunda Home.
- Destination
- Woolcunda Home.
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- Broken Hill
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 25, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 40 KB in all.