1981 Barrington Tops Cessna 210 disappearance

Aircraft disappearance January 2016 January 2016 1981 Barrington Tops Cessna 210 disappearance Accident VH-JHF Cessna 210N Centurion (12160819644).jpg 1.15 A Cessna 210 Centurion, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident 1981 08 09 y Aircraft crashed in an unknown location following probable instrument failure, turbulence and icing. Barrington Tops 32 7.6 0 S 151 46 0 E type:event inline,title Cessna 210 Colville Aviation Services VH-MDX Whitsunday Coast Airport Gold Coast Airport Bankstown Airport 5 4 1 5 (presumed) 0 (presumed) On 9 August 1981, a Cessna 210 flying from Whitsunday Coast Airport to Bankstown Airport via Gold Coast Airport lost contact after flying into adverse weather. The last known contact with the aircraft was in the Barrington Tops area. Nothing further was heard and no trace of the aircraft or its occupants has so far been found despite extensive searches. Background VH-MDX, a Cessna 210, was chartered by four Sydney workmates for a flight back from the Whitsunday Coast Airport on Sunday 9 August 1981. The men had been sailing in the Whitsunday Passage.http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/barrington-tops-refuses-to-yield-the-32year-mystery-of-the-missing-cessna/story-e6frg8h6-1226771142645 Barrington Tops refuses to yield the 32-year mystery of the missing Cessna 30 November 2013 24 July 2016 MDX stopped to refuel at Gold Coast Airport near Coolangatta and took off again at 5:02 p.m. The pilot had submitted a flight plan following the coast to Taree thence inland via Craven and Singleton to Bankstown, a suburb of Sydney.Readford, Donald A and Donovan, Garry, "Operation Phoenix, The Theoretical Search for the Crash Site of Cessna C-210 MDX", 2014 edition Disappearance Shortly after passing waypoint CRAVN (32 7.6 0 S 151 46 0 E type:event inline CRAVN), the pilot reported excessive turbulence and downdraft, and that the aircraft's artificial horizon and gyroscopic direction indicator had failed.https://fearoflanding.com/accidents/barrington-tops-cessna/ Fear of Landing – Cessna Missing Barrington Tops and the 2013 Search 11 October 2013 August 29, 2022 At that time, the aircraft was identified by radar to be 45 nmi mi km on from RAAF Base Williamtown near the Barrington Tops, or about 40 km nmi mi on north-west of its planned track.Australian Transport Safety Bureau https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1981/aair/aair198101477/ Cessna 210M, VH-MDX, near Barrington Tops, NSW November 14, 2015 The aircraft's subsequent course is not clear, but the pilot reported ice accumulation and difficulty in gaining altitude. His final transmission at 19:39 EST indicated that he was at 5000 ft m. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/barrington-tops-cessna-crash-have-we-been-searching-in-the-wrong-place-for-flight-vh-mdx/story-fni0cx12-1227471380029 Barrington Tops Cessna crash: Have we been searching in the wrong place for flight VH-MDX? Dailytelegraph 6 August 2015 14 November 2015 Keene Neil 11 October 2013 ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 161392 http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=161392 16 November 2015 Searches There have been many air-based and ground-based searches since the disappearance. Technologies employed include satellite imagery, aerial photography, magnetometry and chemical sampling of water downstream from the search area.VH-MDX Search http://vhmdx.com.au/download/Dec-5-2014-Sensing-Presentation.pdf 5 December 2014 Bushwalkers Wilderness Rescue Squad 29 October 2018 30 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181030035428/http://vhmdx.com.au/download/Dec-5-2014-Sensing-Presentation.pdf dead References External links Search for Missing Aircraft VH-MDX Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in New South Wales Category:Hunter Region Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1981 Category:1981 in New South Wales Category:Missing aircraft Category:August 1981 in Australia