Late last week I happened to see on the Wikipedia listing for Partenavia P68 that in the “Incidents and Accidents” section I noticed that the crash of VH_PNW was not listed! As this was a major accident I felt obliged to edit the entry so I added the following-
“On July 10, 1978.a P68B crashed on Take-off at YMEN due to Trim Run-away. BASI Report attempted to blame Pilot Flying. Subsequent investigation by P.I.C. found Trim Design fault & Certification failure for Auto-Pilot installation in Australia”
Imagine my surprise when in the next days the entry had been modified as follows-
“On July 10, 1978, a P68B registered VH-PNW crashed shortly after take-off from Essendon Airport. Six people on the ground were killed, and one person injured. Three people on the the aircraft were seriously injured.’[2]
I can document the reality of what happened if need be!
Looks like the ATSB still cannot face reality even after 37 years!
MTF, 6317alan
“On July 10, 1978.a P68B crashed on Take-off at YMEN due to Trim Run-away. BASI Report attempted to blame Pilot Flying. Subsequent investigation by P.I.C. found Trim Design fault & Certification failure for Auto-Pilot installation in Australia”
Imagine my surprise when in the next days the entry had been modified as follows-
“On July 10, 1978, a P68B registered VH-PNW crashed shortly after take-off from Essendon Airport. Six people on the ground were killed, and one person injured. Three people on the the aircraft were seriously injured.’[2]
I can document the reality of what happened if need be!
Looks like the ATSB still cannot face reality even after 37 years!
MTF, 6317alan
Quote:P2 edit - Here is what 6317alan is referring:
Incidents and accidents[edit]
On July 10, 1978, a P68B registered VH-PNW crashed shortly after take-off from Essendon Airport. Six people on the ground were killed, and one person injured. Three people on the the aircraft were seriously injured.[2]
And footnote [2]
^ "Partenavia P68B Aircraft VH-PNW near Essendon Airport, Victoria, on 10 July 1978" (PDF). Australian Transport Safety Bureau. Air Safety Investigation Branch. Retrieved 15 November 2015.