- Date
- July 28, 2019, 05:37 local (05:37 UTC)
- Place
- Williams Creek, Australia
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- VH-ANUVans RV6
- Defining event
- Landing: Abnormal runway contact
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 99985
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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 July 28, 2019, at 0537 coordinated universal time, a Van's RV-6A , registration VH-ANU, experienced a collapse of the nose landing gear, nosed over and came to rest near William Creek, Southern Australia. The pilot and passenger were seriously 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-ANU
- Reported as
- Vans RV6 (A)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial