Gippsaero GA8 and Swearingen SA227 incident near Whitemark, Outside the U.S., December 16, 2025
On December 16, 2025 at about 10:15 pm local time, 2 aircraft, Gippsaero GA8 (VHASI) and Swearingen SA227 (AHSEZ), were involved in the same incident near Whitemark, Outside the U.S.. The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this incident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- December 16, 2025 · about 10:15 pm local time
- Place
- Whitemark, Australia
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft 1
- Gippsaero GA8
- Registration
- VHASI · no longer on the register
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight · non-U.S. commercial rules
- Aircraft 2
- Swearingen SA227 AC · all SA227s on the register
- Registration
- AHSEZ · no longer on the register
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight · non-U.S. commercial rules
The factual record for the Gippsaero GA8 from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Runway incursion veh/AC/person during takeoff defining event
The aircraft
- Landing gear: fixed
The factual record for the Swearingen SA227 from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
The aircraft
- Landing gear: fixed
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
The NTSB has not released the docket for this case yet. The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), is usually released when the investigation is nearly complete, and the list here is refreshed when it appears. Check at the NTSB.
Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.