WPR21WA018

NTSB accident investigation · Osprey 2 Amphibian · Maitland Aerodrome, Australia · May 17, 2020

Accident · FatalClass 5 · Foreign
Date
May 17, 2020, 10:00 local (00:00 UTC)
Place
Maitland Aerodrome, Australia
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
VH-WIDOsprey 2 Amphibian
Defining event
Approach: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT)
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Western Pacific Region
Lead agency
Other
Case key
102173

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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.

Aircraft

Registration
VH-WID
Reported as
Osprey 2 Amphibian
Category
Airplane, amateur-built
Serial number
WJC 003
Damage
Destroyed
Fire
Unknown
Destination
Same as departure