The ATSB has commenced an investigation into an accident involving a Beechcraft King Air aircraft near Normanton, Queensland on Friday evening.
ATSB transport safety investigators are preparing to deploy to the accident site, where they will conduct a range of evidence gathering activities including site survey, wreckage examination, witness interviews, and retrieval of the cockpit voice recorder and other relevant components for further examination and analysis at the ATSB’s Canberra technical facilities.
As well as on-site activities, investigators will also obtain pilot and aircraft maintenance records, and collect weather information and any available recorded flight tracking data.
The ATSB asks anyone who witnessed the accident, including ear witness, or anyone with video footage of the aircraft at any stage of its flight, to make contact via the witness form on our website - atsb.gov.au/witness - at their earliest opportunity.