When is a crash not a crash?
Reading through ATSB write-up of the recent "Collision with Terrain" of Vixxen VH-VIK (
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications...rt/ao-2024-010) we find that "
the pilot detected a low oil indication and diverted the aircraft to Tumut" and "during approach, the engine failed". The aircraft then "collided with terrain and sustained substantial damage" leading to the ATSB deciding to have a gander (maybe because it wasn't far from Canberra?)
Presumably if the pilot had been fortunate enough to have picked a more suitable landing location (or simply had better luck that day) aside from the locals, no-one in Canberra would have even noticed.
Other than an oil leak, what are they expecting to find? That the pilot needs to practice more PFLs?? 