- Date
- March 11, 2020
- Place
- Lockhart River, Australia
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- VH-OZOCessna 404
- Defining event
- Landing: Collision during takeoff/land
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 101068
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Collision during takeoff/landAll aircraft: 1,309 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of Australia has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Cessna 404 airplane that occurred on March 11, 2020. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Australia's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Australia.
Aircraft
- Registration
- VH-OZO
- Reported as
- Cessna 404 (No Series)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 404-0653
- Engines
- Continental TSIO-520-M, 285 horsepower, reciprocatingContinental TSIO-520-M, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Departed
- Cairns
- Destination
- Lockhart River