First responders said the pilot was lucky to be alive after his single-engine light plane, VH-CWK, crashed into trees, and nosedived to the ground, about 1km north of the airport just after midday.
An ATSB investigation into the fatal crash of a Cessna 172 that was conducting powerline work in the Yass Valley has revealed the aircraft entered into a spin before crashing nose-first into the ground.
Emergency services were called to the scene of a burning plane at Parafield Airport early on Tuesday after a Grumman AA-5’s engine caught fire shortly after landing at the aerodrome.
The Royal Federation of Aero Clubs of Australia (RFACA) has revealed it will hold its annual training conference in the Gold Coast on 20 and 21st of July.
An inaccurate fuel gauge led to a Cessna 441 Conquest being forced to land on the Great Northern Highway in WA's Kimberley region in March 2018, the ATSB has concluded.
A Cessna 208B Caravan pilot fell asleep mid-air for 40 minutes due to “inadequate sleep the night before” and hypoxia triggered by the aircraft’s oxygen system.