Investigation: 199701676 - Collision with terrain involving a Gippsland Aeronautics Pty Ltd GA-200, VH-SAV, 9km SSE Lucindale, SA on 26 May 1997

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The pilot was conducting his first commercial agricultural spraying operation and had been operating on the task for several hours in the afternoon. He was asked by the farmer who owned the property being sprayed, to avoid spraying in the dam on the paddock. Whilst the pilot was attempting to identify the dam, the aircraft's left wing clipped the top of a tree and the aircraft descended steeply into the ground. The pilot was able to escape from the wreckage, having sustain soft tissue damage, fractures to lower vertebra and both ankles dislocated.

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General details
Date:	26 May 1997	Investigation status:	Completed
Time:	15:45 CST	Investigation type:	Occurrence Investigation
		Occurrence type:	Collision with terrain
		Occurrence class:	Operational
Release date:	20 October 1997	Occurrence category:	Accident
Report status:	Final	Highest injury level:	Serious

Aircraft details
Aircraft manufacturer:	Gippsland Aeronautics Pty Ltd
Aircraft model:	GA-200
Aircraft registration:	VH-SAV
Sector:	Piston
Damage to aircraft:	Substantial
Departure point:	Lucindale SA
Destination:	Lucindale SA