On 26 January 2001, a Cessna 310R aircraft, VH-HCP, departed Kiwirrkurra, Western Australia for Newman. The aircraft was operated by the Air Support Unit of the Western Australian Police Service and had been used to transport police officers from Newman to Kiwirrkurra earlier that day. The aircraft had arrived at Newman and was ready for landing on runway 23.

Witnesses stated they heard the engines begin to splutter. Soon after the aircraft fell to the ground approximately 3 km east of the runway. Investigators found that both of the aircraft's engines failed due to fuel starvation. All four people on board died.