VH-PTR · AT5T

Earlier aircraft with this registration

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1998 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried VH-PTR.

• February 7, 1996AccidentHull loss

  The prototype GA-8 aircraft was undertaking test flying from the manufacturer's facility at the Latrobe Valley airfield. The test flying was scheduled by the designer under the provisions of a permit to fly approved by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority.

  GippsAero GA8 Airvan

  This was a prototype aircraft and some deficiencies and/or problems during testing are to be expected. With this particular aircraft the fact that the inadequate rudder hinge moment was masked throughout flight testing meant that the inadequate rudder performance during critical spin recovery was not clearly detected until it combined with other factors to… Full accident record