De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver crash, Nov 15, 1996 (1 killed)
De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver accident on November 15, 1996 near Point Lookout, New South Wales, Australia with 1 fatality. Cause: Loss of control after...
- Date: November 15, 1996
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver
- Location: Point Lookout, New South Wales, Australia
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Loss of control after the aircraft climbed at near maximum weight into rising ground, in windshear and turbulence, at high density altitude, with insufficient height to recover.
A Leafair DHC-2 Beaver was spraying superphosphate on a farm strip near Kotupna and had just taken off heavily loaded. It was climbing toward rising ground when the left wing dropped in a turn, and the aircraft cartwheeled into the ground, killing the pilot. The ATSB found the climb was made near maximum weight and high density altitude.