ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 394
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| Date: | Saturday 9 January 1993 |
| Time: | 12:36 |
| Type: |  Cessna U206G |
| Owner/operator: | Aurukun Aboriginal Community |
| Registration: | VH-FMP |
| MSN: | U20605067 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 44 km N of Aurukun, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Aurukun, Queensland (AUU/YAUR) |
| Weipa, Queensland(WEI/YWBP) | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Pilot transmitted a Mayday call stating the aircraft engine had failed 10 miles NW Aurukun, Queensland, and that he was conducting a forced landing into trees. Nothing further was heard from the aircraft and the burnt out wreckage was found some hours later in a densely treed, inhospitable area 44 km north of Aurukun.
The investigation determined that the engine fuel mixture control cable end had become detached from the mixture control arm on the fuel control unit. This allowed the control arm to move to the 'idle cut-off' position, causing the engine to fail because of fuel starvation.
All four persons on board were killed, and a memorial was erected at Aurukun Airport:
"Front Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY
Stanley Ngakyunkwokka, Chairman
Aurukun Community Inc.
Mildred Ida Koometta & Clifford Wilson
Stephen Heel, Pilot
Lost in an aircraft accident north of Aurukun
on 9th January 1993"
The wreckage was so completely burnt out, that it was over a week after the crash before the number of persons on board could be confirmed as four (initial press reports stated the casualty total as three).
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1993/aair/aair199300241.aspx
2. http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/disaster/aviation/display/100209-cessna-u206g-air-crash
3. http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/koorimail/issues/pdf/043.pdf
4. https://www.pprune.org/pacific-general-aviation-questions/503540-casa-suspends-barrier-aviation-operations-20.html#post7631140
5. http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/25017/aair199300241_001.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 September 1989 | VH-FMP | 0 | Kupunn, QLD | |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2008 10:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Mar-2008 02:28 | Andrew Whitton | Updated |
| 27-Apr-2014 16:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2022 04:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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