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| Date: | Friday 21 January 2005 |
| Time: | c. 10:30 |
| Type: | Pilatus PC-9/A |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A23-029 |
| MSN: | 529 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near East Sale AB, Vic -
Australia
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | East Sale, VIC |
| Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Involved in a mid-air collision near East Sale. PC-9 A23-029 as Roulette 5 hit Roulette 4 (A23-039/F/L Mark Ellis). The pilot F/L Roland Morscheck ejected safely. Crashed on a farm near Cobains, Gippsland. A23-039 was recovered to East Sale, badly damaged but repaired and flew again.
Sources:
Scramble 311
http://www.adf-serials.com.au/3a23.htm Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 UTC |
ASN archive |
Added |
| 11-Jul-2020 17:30 UTC |
harro |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Aug-2021 15:53 UTC |
TB |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
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