Cessna 206 I think the rego was VH-UTW but don't quote me on that.
Not sure of the cause of the crash but it went down in scrub approx 50nm east of Caiguna.
A distress beacon was detected followed some time later by a Qantas aircraft reporting hearing a Mayday call that was not heard in the centre.
The aircraft was not able to speak directly to atc due to vhf coverage in the area, overflying a/c were used as a relay.
Last edited by melbATC; 20th Dec 2009 at 07:24.