Cessna 402 crash, Feb 2, 1987 (5 killed), Mount Dianne
Cessna 402 accident on February 2, 1987 near Mount Dianne, Queensland, Australia with 5 fatalities. Cause: No mechanical defect was found, and the...
- Date: February 2, 1987
- Aircraft: Cessna 402
- Location: Mount Dianne, Queensland, Australia
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: No mechanical defect was found, and the reasons for the apparent loss of control could not be determined.
A Cessna 402B operated by Gold-Air crashed short of the runway at Mount Dianne in Queensland on 2 February 1987 while on a charter from Cairns. Five people were killed and three were seriously injured, and the wreckage was found burning in a river valley.