# NTSB WPR18WA258: Yakovlev YAK-9UM, Victoria, Australia, September 7, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 7, 2018, 19:33 local (19:33 UTC)
- Place: Victoria, Australia
- Coordinates: -38.143054, 146.269439 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-38.1431&lon=146.2694&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 98281
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR18WA258
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98281/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18WA258

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On September 7, 2018, about 1933 coordinated universal time a Yakovlev Aircraft YAK-9UM airplane, VH-YIX, impacted terrain during a local flight that departed from the Latrobe Valley Airport, Victoria, Australia. The pilot in command was fatally injured, and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The personal flight was owned and operated by a private individual and operated under the pertinent civil regulations of the government of Australia. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB). This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the ATSB. Further information pertaining this accident may be obtained from: P.O. Box 967, Civic Square Canverra A.C.T. 2608 Australia Tel: (61) 2 6230-4408 Email: atsvasir@atsb.gov.au Fax: (61) 2 6274-6434 Website: http://www.atsb.gov.au

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-YIX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: YAKOVLEV YAK-9UM
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0470409
- Engines: Allison V-1710-99 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: YLTV, Victoria
- Destination: YLTV, Victoria

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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