VH-BSS (GLID) — 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 2001 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried VH-BSS.

January 14, 1994Accident
On 14 January 1994 at 0114, Aero Commander 690 aircraft VH-BSS struck the sea while being radar vectored to intercept the Instrument Landing System approach to runway 34 at Sydney (Kingsford-Smith) Airport, NSW. The last recorded position of the aircraft was about 10 miles to the south-east of the airport.
Rockwell Grand Commander 690 · 1 fatalities
Findings 1. The pilot held a valid pilot licence, endorsed for Aero Commander 690 aircraft. 2. The pilot held a valid multi-engine command instrument rating. 3. There was no evidence found to indicate that the performance of the pilot was adversely affected by any physiological or psychological condition. 4. Full accident record