Coconut_Island_Airport

Coconut Island Airport

Coconut Island Airport

Airport in Queensland, Australia

Coconut Island Airport (IATA: CNC[2], ICAO: YCCT) is an airport located on Coconut Island (Poruma Island) in Queensland, Australia.

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Accidents and incidents

  • On 16 January 1999, Uzu Air Britten-Norman Islander VH-XFF was operating a passenger and cargo flight from Horn Island, NT with three passengers and one pilot, when on final approach the pilot noticed a vehicle was parked on the runway with nobody attending to it. The pilot initiated a go-around. Witnesses reported the aircraft entered a shallow climb before pitching sharply right and crashing into a tidal flat. The pilot and two passengers were killed. The surviving passenger was seriously injured.[3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    YCCT – Coconut Island (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 21 March 2024
  2. [2]
    Accident history for CNC at Aviation Safety Network
  3. [3]
    "Britten Norman Ltd BN-2A-26, VH-XFF". ATSB. 16 January 1999. Retrieved 7 May 2013.


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