American Champion (Acac) 7GCBC VH-MWY

Summary

On 8 May 2008 at about 17:16 local time, a American Champion (Acac) 7GCBC registered VH-MWY, operated by Curtis Aviation Pty Limited, was involved in an incident near Camden, NSW, Australia. One person was on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 May 2008 at 17:16

Classification

Incident

Location

Camden, NSW, Australia

Coordinates

-34.0383, 150.6867

Aircraft

American Champion (Acac) 7GCBC

Registration

VH-MWY

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Curtis Aviation Pty Limited

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Camden, NSW → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

NTSB number

LAX08WA141

Nobody was injured.

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 08, 2008, about 1716 local time, an American Champion Aircraft Corporation 7GCBC, Australian registration VH-MWY, experienced a loss of rudder and elevator effectiveness after a control cable separated in-flight, west of Camden aerodrome, in New South Wales, Australia. The airplane landed safely at Camden aerodrome. The pilot was not injured. 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.