Cessna 210L VH-IDM

Summary

On 15 May 2008 at about 12:00 local time, a Cessna 210L registered VH-IDM, operated by Edsal Pty Ltd, was involved in an accident near Abingdon Downs, Australia. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 May 2008 at 12:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Abingdon Downs, Australia

Coordinates

-17.6667, 142.9833

Aircraft

Cessna 210L

Registration

VH-IDM

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Edsal Pty Ltd

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Purpose of flight

Aerial Observation

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Karumba → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

NTSB number

LAX08WA175

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On May 15, 2008, about 1200 coordinated universal time (UTC), a Cessna 210L, Australian registration VH-IDM, collided with terrain near Abingdon Downs, Queensland, Australia. The pilot, the sole occupant, was killed. The airplane departed from Karumba, Australia, for an aerial survey flight; it was reported that the aircraft failed to return as expected. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Australian government. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Australian Transport Safety Bureau PO Box 967, Civic Square ACT 2608 15 Mort St., Canberra City, Australian Capital Territory Telephone: +61 2 6274 6440 Fax: +61 2 6247 3117 Internet: www.atsb.gov.au

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.