Boeing 737-300 crash, Feb 6, 2023, Fitzgerald River Natio...
Boeing 737-300 accident on February 6, 2023 near Fitzgerald River National Park, Western Australia, Australia with no fatalities. Cause: The drop was...
- Date: February 6, 2023
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-300
- Location: Fitzgerald River National Park, Western Australia, Australia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The drop was done low and slow downhill with idle thrust, the delay in engines reaching go around thrust caused loss of height and airspeed near rising terrain, which the pilot flying did not expect (ATSB).
A Coulson Boeing 737 air tanker crashed during a go around from a second retardant drop in Fitzgerald River National Park, hitting a ridgeline and burning. Both pilots survived with minor injuries. The ATSB found the low and slow downhill drop and the delay in engine thrust left insufficient energy.