ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 390
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| Date: | Monday 2 January 2006 |
| Time: | 10:45 |
| Type: |  Cessna U206 Super Skywagon |
| Owner/operator: | Brisbane Skydiving Centre |
| Registration: | VH-UYB |
| MSN: | U206-0314 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Willowbank, W of Ipswich, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Parachuting |
| Departure airport: | Willowbank, QLD (YWIN) |
| Willowbank, QLD (YWIN) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
At about 1040 Eastern Standard Time on 2 January 2006, a Cessna Aircraft Company U206 aircraft, registered VH-UYB, took off from the parachuting centre at Willowbank, Qld on a tandem parachuting flight. On board the aircraft were the pilot and six parachutists.
The surviving Tandem Master parachutist, who was also a private pilot, reported that, at about 100 feet, the aircraft performed as if the power had been pulled back. The aircraft was observed to bank right, before it impacted a tree and became submerged in a dam.
The aircraft was destroyed and five persons on board received fatal injuries or were drowned. The two survivors received serious injuries.
The five deceased persons were:-
Colin Peter Hicklin (aged 41)
Barbara Frederique McLelland (aged 40 - she died on the actual day of her 40th birthday)
Nigel Dermot O’Gorman (aged 34)
Susanne Elaine Williams (aged 49)
Anthony Peter Winter (aged 22)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2006/aair/aair200600001.aspx
2. http://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/86726/cif-willowbank-aircrash-20081124.pdf [Coroners Inquest report into the 5 deceased]
3. https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/1361516/aair200600001_001.pdf
4. https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20060120X00099&key=1
5. https://www.pprune.org/pacific-general-aviation-questions/204459-206-crash-into-dam-west-ipswich.html
6. https://www.smh.com.au/news/national/six-feared-dead-in-light-plane-crash/2006/01/02/1136050376945.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2008 10:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Jan-2008 00:30 | Andrew Whitton | Updated |
| 09-May-2014 02:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2022 07:27 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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