VH-AJS (BALL) — routes, history & safety record

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1997 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried VH-AJS.

April 27, 1995Accident
The aircraft was on a scheduled freight service from Darwin via Tindal, Alice Springs, and Adelaide to Sydney under the IFR. The flight from Darwin to Tindal was apparently normal, and the aircraft departed Tindal slightly ahead of schedule at 1834 CST. The pilot in command occupied the left cockpit seat.
IAI 1124 Westwind · 3 fatalities
The following factors were considered significant in the accident sequence: 1. There were difficulties in the cockpit relationship between the pilot in command and the co-pilot. 2. The level of crew resource management demonstrated by both crew members during the flight was low. 3. The Alice Springs locator/NDB approach was unique. 4. Full accident record