Frederick arrived at Victoria's Morabin Airport Saturday, late afternoon on October 21st,

1978. He told officials that he was going to pick up some friends on King Island, and then he went on his way.

But he told his girlfriend and family a different story. He told him he was going to pick up crayfish at King Island.

His girlfriend was supposed to go with him on that flight,

but something came up at the last minute and she cancelled.

Either way, his destination was King Island.

It would have been a one-hour flight if everything had gone right.

He got on a Cessna 182L at 6.19 p.m. and took off.

The Cessna is a common commercial plane.

It's small and has four seats.

He was very familiar with this kind of plane.

Actually, the majority of his training hours were completed on a Cessna.

Everything seemed to be going fine at least until 6.43 p.m.

As Frederick headed southeast for King Island, he radioed Melbourne Air Flight Service.

Air traffic controller Stephen Roby answered his call.

Frederick had noticed something that concerned him.

Is there any known traffic below 5,000 feet?

No known traffic.

I am, seems to be a large aircraft below 5,000.

What type of aircraft is it?

I cannot affirm. It is four bright. It seems to me like landing lights. The aircraft had just passed over me at least a thousand feet above.

Stephen grew concerned. Frederick didn't sound like he was panicking, but he did sound confused and

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