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| Date: | Saturday 24 June 2000 |
| Time: | 17:40 |
| Type: | Beechcraft 70 Queen Air |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-MWJ |
| MSN: | LB-29 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2km NW of Leonora Aerodrome (YLEO), Leonora, WA -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | YLEO |
| YLTN | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The cowl of the No. 2 engine had separated from the aircraft during takeoff from Laverton Aerodrome. The pilot reported that although the aircraft had left the ground after the rotation, it then would not climb. The aircraft remained at almost treetop level until the pilot and front-seat passenger noticed the side of a tailings dump immediately in front of the aircraft. The pilot said that he pulled the control column fully back. The aircraft hit the hillside parallel to the slope of the embankment. The aircraft was destroyed on impact.
Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2000/aair/aair200002648/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 September 1995 | VH-MWJ | 0 | Kununurra Airport (YPKU), Kununurra, QLD | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 04-Jan-2018 14:51 | Pineapple | Added |
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