PAC Cresco 08-600 (08-750) crash, Aug 16, 2007 (1 killed)
PAC Cresco 08-600 (08-750) accident on August 16, 2007 near Tully, Queensland, Australia with 1 fatality. Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after...
- Date: August 16, 2007
- Aircraft: PAC Cresco 08-600 (08-750)
- Location: Tully, Queensland, Australia
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after VFR flight into deteriorating weather below visual minima, with the pilot losing his position in poor visibility. Contributing factors included no flight notification, an aircraft not configured for poor visibility operations, and an emergency beacon reported to be damaged so it did not alert search and rescue.
The pilot was ferrying the Cresco under VFR from Ingham back to Tully with no passengers. The aircraft failed to arrive and was found the next day in mountainous state forest 24 km south of Tully after a delayed search; the pilot was fatally injured. The ATSB found the pilot probably entered weather below visual minima and lost his position, leading to controlled flight into terrain.