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The Cessna 150, VH-EYU, appeared to stall and collided with the ground shortly after take-off from Bacchus Marsh Aerodrome at Parwan in Melbourne’s North West at around 11:20am, killing its male pilot. The plane was registered to Bacchus Marsh Aero Club.
The police force will lease a Pilatus PC-24 and upgrade its existing PC-12 fleet, with the twin-engine PC-24 expected to halve the current travel time from Perth to towns such as Kununurra while being able to land on unsealed outback airstrips.
The ATSB’s investigation into the landing, which took place in May, concluded a lack of fuel onboard and an “unbalanced flight” led to an engine failure that sparked the incident.
The project is being overseen by Angela Garvey – Australian Aviation’s Excellence Award winner – and hopes to help ensure that aviation workers can access support without fear of judgement or repercussions from employers or regulatory bodies.
The transport safety watchdog has issued a safety advisory noting that “non-specification rivets” had been installed on the plane, which went down at Jandakot Airport in April, killing its pilot.
VH-HJE ran out of fuel en route from Bankstown to Archerfield on 7 April 2023 on the return leg of a freight charter flight, the ATSB said in its final report. It struck multiple trees on its way down, sustaining “substantial” damage but inflicting only “very minor injuries” to the pilot.
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