Yakovlev YAK-9UM VH-YIX

Summary

On 7 September 2018 at about 19:33 local time, a Yakovlev YAK-9UM registered VH-YIX was involved in an accident near Victoria, Australia. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 September 2018 at 19:33

Classification

Accident

Location

Victoria, Australia

Coordinates

-38.1431, 146.2694

Aircraft

Yakovlev YAK-9UM

Registration

VH-YIX

Category

Airplane

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Victoria → Victoria

Aircraft damage

Substantial

NTSB number

WPR18WA258

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On September 7, 2018, about 1933 coordinated universal time a Yakovlev Aircraft YAK-9UM airplane, VH-YIX, impacted terrain during a local flight that departed from the Latrobe Valley Airport, Victoria, Australia. The pilot in command was fatally injured, and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The personal flight was owned and operated by a private individual and operated under the pertinent civil regulations of the government of Australia. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB). This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the ATSB. Further information pertaining this accident may be obtained from: P.O. Box 967, Civic Square Canverra A.C.T. 2608 Australia Tel: (61) 2 6230-4408 Email: [email protected] Fax: (61) 2 6274-6434 Website: http://www.atsb.gov.au

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.