VH-WBQ (SW4) — routes, history & safety record

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

August 15, 2024Accident
Fairchild Industries Inc SA227-DC
A failure within the left air cycle machine resulted in hot engine bleed air and smoke entering the cabin soon after take-off. In response, the crew elected to return to Perth. After commencing the ‘smoke in aircraft’ checklist memory items, the quick reference handbook checklist was not completed, and the left engine bleed air system was not selected off. Full accident record
August 22, 2012Accident
Fairchild Industries Inc SA227

Earlier aircraft with this registration

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1996 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried VH-WBQ.

June 21, 1987Accident
The flight had been arranged to transport a critically injured patient to hospital in Brisbane. The pilot evidently experienced some difficulty in starting one of the engines. However, witnesses reported that the engines sounded normal as the aircraft commenced moving from the parking area.
Cessna 402 · 4 fatalities
The extensive fire damage hampered the investigation of the accident. The surviving passenger believed that the aircraft was on fire before the collision with the tree. No other evidence of an in-flight fire could be obtained, and it was considered possible that the survivor's recall of the accident sequence had been affected by the impact and the fire. Full accident record