Originally Posted by
Dick Smith
All very strange!
The coastal lane operates at 500’. So not suitable for night VMC.
And it would appear that UVC wasn't properly kitted for night VFR either - apparently no ADF, VOR or GNSS.
Originally Posted by
Dick Smith
Why wouldn’t the clearance be overhead Willy?
Why would the aircraft be at Anna Bay?
As someone else has pointed out UVC's fuel situation probably wasn't all that flash. Coffs to Bankstown with the required reserve would have been a stretch (if not impossible) in decent weather. One might entertain the possibility that the plan (or a change of plans) was to refuel at Williamtown. 30 would have been active. You've flown rotary, Dick, how would you have set up for 30 coming down from the north (probably from overhead Taree)?
Originally Posted by
Dick Smith
How long before the facts come out?
23 days, when the preliminary is published.