De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver crash, Dec 22, 1986 (1 killed)
De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver accident on December 22, 1986 near Walcha, New South Wales, Australia with 1 fatality. Cause: Preliminary findings showed the...
- Date: December 22, 1986
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver
- Location: Walcha, New South Wales, Australia
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Preliminary findings showed the fuel selector in the off position; the pilot was flying this aircraft for the first time and its selector operated differently from the type he had flown before.
A De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver (VH-AAY) operated by Aerial Agriculture crashed about 30 km east of Walcha, New South Wales, on 22 December 1986 during an agricultural flight from Winterbourne. The pilot, the only person aboard, was killed and the aircraft was destroyed by fire after it clipped a fence on takeoff and dived into rising ground.