Incident Pilatus PC-9A , Wednesday 14 April 2010
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Date:Wednesday 14 April 2010
Time:09:16 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic PC9 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Pilatus PC-9A
Owner/operator:Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:East Sale (YMES) -   Australia
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:East Sale (YMES)
Destination airport:(YMES)
Narrative:
The Royal Australian Air Force is searching for two landing gear doors that fell off a PC9 aircraft belonging to the Roulette Central Flying School over East Sale.
The mishap occurred during a routine training mission and the Air Force has appealed to the public to help find the doors.
"The loss of parts from aircraft during flight is unusual and is currently under investigation by Air Force," a Defence statement said.

Sources:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/landing-gear-doors-fall-off-plane-during-raaf-training-exercise/story-e6frf7jo-1225853801359

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Apr-2010 07:05 UTC Petro Added
14-Apr-2010 22:09 UTC Black Typhoon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Narrative, ]
31-Oct-2012 04:14 UTC TB Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ]
04-Apr-2013 08:09 UTC Nepa Updated [Operator, ]

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