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Heck Field fatal accident update -   

Not too much to add to either confirm or deny the above "K" sourced gossip. The RA Oz A&D summary does confirm that the aircraft was a Pipistrel (Model: Virus SW 100) that was powered by the seemingly popular Rotax 912 (ULS). Interestingly enough that particular Rotax engine features 18 times in the 1st two A&D pages, obviously the occurrences are not always engine related and in different RA Oz airframes. 

For those interested, this is the ASN webpage for the collated detail for the Pipistrel accident (so far):  https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/234764

And this is the ASN database for all recorded Pipistrel occurrences (45 since 2007): https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/type/PIVI 

Still puzzling over why the ATSB have not made an entry acknowledging the fatal accident at Heck Field on their aviation occurrence database?? So I guess any chance of the ATSB investigating this particular accident are slim to none. I do note however that in between catching up with their rail occurrence investigations(?? see: https://www.atsb.gov.au/ ) that there was an interesting entry yesterday that involved an RA Oz request for assistance for a fatal accident that occurred in October last year:SUMMARY

Summary

On 20 October 2019, an I.C.P. Savannah aircraft, recreational registration 19-7429, collided with terrain near the Emkaytee aerodrome, Northern Territory. The pilot was fatally injured.

In response to this accident, Recreational Aviation Australia (RAAus) commenced an investigation. As part of its investigation, RAAus requested technical assistance from the ATSB.

The ATSB initiated an investigation under the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003 and assisted RAAus by downloading flight data from the aircraft’s Dynon Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS) The Dynon EFIS was successfully downloaded. However, the data logging functionality of the device was not enabled. No flight data was retrieved from the device.

With the completion of the examinations and data recovery, the ATSB has concluded its involvement in the investigation of this accident. Any enquiries relating to the accident investigations should be directed to RAAus at: www.raa.asn.au 

This was the entry for that accident off the RA Oz A&D summary pages: ref - page 8

Fatal Accident involving RAAus member. RAAus accident consultants are assisting police in determining the causal factors that led to the accident.

That aircraft was also powered by a Rotax 912 ULS - 

MTF...P2