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BN-2A-20 Islander - Fatal Accident (Australia)

Status:	Preliminary
Date:	Saturday 8 December 2018
Time:	08:30
Type:	Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2A-20 Islander
Operator:	Par-Avion
Registration:	VH-OBL
C/n / msn:	2035
First flight:	1986-10-29 (32 years 2 months)
Crew:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Damaged beyond repair
Location:	within Southwest National Park, TAS (   Australia)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Hobart Cambridge Airport, TAS (YCBG), Australia
Destination airport:	Bathurst Harbour Airport (YBHB), Australia

Narrative:
A Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander, operated by Par-Avion, impacted mountainous terrain in the Southwest National Park in Tasmania, Australia. The pilot, who was the sole occupant, is presumed to have died.
The aircraft departed Hobart Cambridge Airport in Tasmania at 07:48 hours local time on a repositioning flight to Bathurst Harbour Airport to pick up passengers. The aircraft went missing about 08:30. The last
The wreckage was spotted later in the day.
The aircraft was last ADS-B datapoint from the flight received by flight tracking website Flightaware was at 08:28 hours, 94 km from Hobart and some 32 km northeast of the destination airport.