Jandakot - Jandakot

On February 27, 1986 at 08:07 AM, Jandakot - Jandakot experienced a crash involving Rockwell Shrike Commander 500, operated by Safcol Seafoods, with the event recorded near Canning Dam Western Australia.

The flight was categorized as test and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 66.7%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The flight was planned to check the onboard survey equipment. After departing Jandakot the aircraft operated to the south of the airfield for about 80 minutes before the pilot advised that he would be extending his operation to the east over the Darling Ranges. The aircraft was then sighted, by several witnesses, over the foothills heading in an easterly direction. These witnesses reported that the engines were not operating normally. A short time later, the aircraft was observed to pass over the dam wall at an altitude of about 25 feet and head down a valley in a northerly direction before disappearing from sight. An inspection of the wreckage indicated that the aircraft had collided with two 30 metre high trees, in a nose high attitude at a low forward airspeed, before falling to the ground below the trees. At impact neither engine was delivering power. The fuel system, which was found to be relatively intact, contained only nine litres of fuel.

Aircraft reference details include registration VH-SDO, MSN 500-3263, year of manufacture 1976.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -32.1522°, 116.1280°.