Embraer EMB120 VH-ANB

Summary

On 22 March 2010 at about 01:30 local time, a Embraer EMB120 registered VH-ANB, operated by Capiteq Limited, Australia - (not coded), was involved in an accident near Darwin Aerodrome, Australia. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 March 2010 at 01:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Darwin Aerodrome, Australia

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Embraer EMB120

Registration

VH-ANB

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Capiteq Limited, Australia - (not coded)

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

NTSB number

ENG10RA022

2 people 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 22 March 2010, at 1009 Central Standard Time, an Embraer - Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica EMB-120ER Brasilia with two crew, prepared to take off on a training flight from runway 29 at Darwin Aerodrome, Northern Territory. The crew were the only occupants. The training captain advised the aerodrome controller that the departure would incorporate asymmetric flight (simulated engine failure) and was approved by the controller to perform the manoeuvre. After becoming airborne, witnesses reported seeing the aircraft roll and diverge left from its take-off path. They watched as the aircraft continued rolling left, and entered a steep nose-down attitude. It disappeared into trees, south of the runway threshold from where a column of black smoke was seen shortly afterwards. Aerodrome rescue and fire fighting services were in attendance very shortly thereafter and extinguished the fire. Both pilots were fatally injured and the aircraft was seriously damaged due to impact forces and an intense post-impact fire. The aircraft was equipped with two Pratt and Whitney Canada model PW118A gas turbine engines, each rated at 1,800 shaft horsepower and driving, through a reduction gearbox, a four-bladed Hamilton Standard constant speed, full-feathering, reversing propeller. The propeller blades were of composite construction. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), Australia. Further information pertaining to this incident may be obtained on their web site at www.atsb.gov.au. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information obtained for, or released by, the ATSB.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.