Brisbane – Caboolture

On July 20, 1993 at 03:46 PM, Brisbane – Caboolture experienced a crash involving Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, operated by Private Australian, with the event recorded near Brisbane Queensland.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a plain, valley crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft, with only the pilot on board, was being flown from Archerfield to Caboolture via the light aircraft lane to the west of Brisbane in company with another aircraft. About five minutes after departing Archerfield, the pilot radioed that he was experiencing problems with both engines and that he was in an emergency situation. The pilot of the other aircraft advised him that there were suitable forced landing areas in and around a nearby golf course. However, the aircraft continued and slowly lost altitude before rolling inverted and diving steeply into the ground. Ground witnesses reported hearing loud backfiring and fluctuating engine RPM from the aircraft. These sounds were accompanied by erratic rolling and yawing of the aircraft before it rolled to the left and inverted. The right wing was severed outboard of the engine as the aircraft impacted a large tree before crashing onto a road.

Aircraft reference details include registration VH-UFO, MSN 31-7712060, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -27.4809°, 153.0337°.