- Date
- November 16, 2016
- Place
- Solomon, Australia
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- VH-LNHCessna 208
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Australian Transport Safety Investigator
- Case key
- 99051
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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 November, 16, 2016, about 7:51, Australian western standard time, a Cessna 208B airplane, VH-LNH, landed on a road near Solomon Aerodrome, Solomon, Western Australia, following an engine failure. The flight crew of 2 and 11 passengers were not injured. The airplane damage was initially reported as minor, but subsequently upgraded to substantial. The airplane was being operated under the pertinent civil regulations for the Government of Australia. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Australia. This report is for information purposes 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) P.O. Box 967, Civic Square Canberra A.C.T. 2608 Australia Tel.: (61) 2 6230-4408 (24/7 Notifications) (61) 2 6257-4150 (International liaison) E-mail:atsbasir@atsb.gov.au (Notifications) ATSBInternationalReporting@atsb.gov.au (International liaison) Fax: (61) 2 6274-6434 (Notifications) (61) 26247-3117 (International liaison) Website: http://www.atsb.gov.au
Aircraft
- Registration
- VH-LNH
- Reported as
- Cessna 208 (B)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 208B0590
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A, 675 horsepower
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown