- Date
- May 26, 2019, 05:47 local (05:47 UTC)
- Place
- Mount Isa, Australia
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- VH-SUXCessna T210
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Textron Aviation, Australian Transport Safety Bureau
- Case key
- 99508
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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 26, 2019, at 0547 coordinated universal time, a Cessna T210M, registration VH-SUX, collided with terrain during a surveying flight near Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. The two crew were fatally injured, and the airplane sustained substantial damage.The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is investigating the accident. As the state of manufacture of the airplane and engines, the NTSB has designated a US accredited representative to assist the ATSB in its investigation. All inquiries concerning this accident should be directed to the ATSB: Australian Transport Safety Bureau 62 Northbourne Avenue Canberra ACT 2601 Tel: 1 800 020 616 Tel: (02) 6257 4150 International: +61 2 6257 4150 https://www.atsb.gov.au/
Aircraft
- Registration
- VH-SUX
- Reported as
- Cessna T210 (M)
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial