Rockwell Shrike Commander 500 crash, Nov 18, 1989 (2 killed)
Rockwell Shrike Commander 500 accident on November 18, 1989 near Mt Barren Jack (Burrinjuck), New South Wales, Australia with 2 fatalities. Cause: The...
- Date: November 18, 1989
- Aircraft: Rockwell Shrike Commander 500
- Location: Mt Barren Jack (Burrinjuck), New South Wales, Australia
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The aircraft struck trees on the mountainside while banked steeply right in a tail-low attitude. No engine or control defect was found, and the probable cause could not be fully established because the fire destroyed the evidence.
A Rockwell 500U Shrike Commander (VH-BMR) on a Bureau of Mineral Resources survey flight from Canberra to Dalby struck trees on Mt Barren Jack, about 30 km southwest of Yass, New South Wales, on 18 November 1989. Both occupants were killed and the aircraft was destroyed by the fire that followed.