Summary
On 18 September 2022, a Jabiru J230-C, registration 24-5067 collided with terrain at Lucyvale, Victoria.
The pilot was fatally injured, and the aircraft was destroyed. Recreational Aviation Australia requested technical assistance from the ATSB to assist in its investigation.
The ATSB was requested to download and recover flight data from the GPS. To facilitate this assistance, the ATSB initiated an external investigation under the provisions of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003.
The ATSB has completed its work downloading the recorded flight path data from the supplied Garmin GPS Map 296 unit. A copy of the data and a report detailing the work undertaken by the ATSB was provided to RAAus on 22 December 2022.
Occurrence summary
| Investigation number | AE-2022-003 |
|---|---|
| Occurrence date | 18/09/2022 |
| Location | near Lucyvale |
| State | Victoria |
| Report release date | 22/12/2022 |
| Report status | Final |
| Investigation type | External Investigation |
| Investigation phase | Final report: Dissemination |
| Investigation status | Completed |
| Mode of transport | Aviation |
| Aviation occurrence category | Collision with terrain |
| Occurrence class | Accident |
| Highest injury level | Fatal |