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	2011 ARCHIVES Mouse Over Selected Month and/or Weekly Report and Click to View Details JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER January 1  ENGINE FAILURE IN JABIRU CLAIMS PILOT'S LIFE IN WEST VIC  NOTAM - ROCKHAMPTON AIRPORT CLOSED DUE FLOODING  REX AIRLINE PASSENGERS TERRIFIED AFTER ENGINE FAILURE 2  GOONDIWINDI FLOOD RELIEF WORK DISRUPTED BY ULTRALIGHT  LIGHT AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY LANDING CENTRAL OZ  ARCHERFIELD AIRPORT SPARED IN 2011 FLOOD  QLD FLOODS WREAK HAVOC WITH GRANTHAM BASED AIRCRAFT  HOME-BUILT PITTS CRASH NEAR INGHAM IN FNQ CLAIMS 2-LIVES  STRONG WINDS FLIP GA-8 AIRVAN AT ALDINGA IN SOUTH OZ  ROCKY AIRPORT CLOSED FOR NEXT 3-WEEKS OR MORE 3  PILOT KILLED IN ULTRALIGHT CRASH NEAR GOONDIWINDI  PILOT INJURED IN CROP-DUSTER CRASH AT ST. GEORGE  THREE LIGHT AIRCRAFT EMERGENCIES IN THE NT IN 24 HRS  DH-82 CRASH NEAR TABLE TOP MOUNTAIN IN QLD INJURES TWO 4  FOUR RESCUED FROM HELICOPTER PRANG IN WHITSUNDAYS  AIRCRAFT AUCTIONS CONTINUE AS BANKS TIGHTEN POLICY February 1  STUDENT PILOT INJURED IN CLIFTON ULTRALIGHT ACCIDENT IN QLD  CHARTER PILOT LOST IN ACCIDENT DEPARTING THE NT'S TIWI ISLANDS  SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR MISSING LIGHT AIRCRAFT IN NSW  TWO KILLED IN R-44 HELICOPTER CRASH AT CESSNOCK IN NSW  PRIVATE AIRPORTS FLOURISH AFTER PRIVATISATION 2  ULTRALIGHT CRASH-LANDS ON ROAD NEAR JACOBS WELL AIRSTRIP  RAAF ROULETTES GROUNDED - REPLACED BY KAVANAGH HOT-AIR BALLOON  FLYING SKILL AVERTS CRASH AFTER LOSS OF RUDDER IN CROPDUSTER  TWO ESCAPE IN CHEROKEE STREET CRASH SOUTH-WEST OF SYDNEY  BARON WHEELS-UP LANDING AT NHULUNDUY IN GULF OF CARPENTARIA  STRADBROKE ISLAND AIRSTRIP NEAR DUNWICH FOR SALE 3  ARCHERFIELD LIGHT AIRCRAFT AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UNDER ATTACK  SLATTERY AUCTION HOUSE WITHDRAWS CHARTER AIRCRAFT FROM SALE 4  AERO COMMANDER FREIGHTER OVERDUE INTO HORN ISLAND IN FNQ  HUSBAND RESCUES WIFE FROM CROC INFESTED VICTORIA RIVER IN THE NT  CESSNA 172EV - FLYING TRAINING COSTS SIGNIFICANLY REDUCED March 1  CHINA BUYS CIRRUS LIGHT AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING PLANT IN USA  M20 NOSE-WHEEL DRAMA AT PERTH'S SECONDARY AIRPORT - JANDAKOT  LIGHT AIRCRAFT AND AERO COMMANDER NOT FOUND BY THE AMSA 2  PILOT INJURED AFTER HOME-BUILT CRASHES ON MAIDEN FLIGHT  JABIRU CRASH-LANDING ON EYRE PENINSULA IN SOUTH OZ  AFP SEIZE AIRCRAFT BOATS AND CARS LINKED TO PROCEEDS OF CRIME  ULTRALIGHT PILOT INJURED LANDING AT ROADHOUSE IN WEST NSW 3  MEGABUCKS TO REALIGN ARCHERFIELD'S RUNWAYS NOT NEEDED 4  PRIVATE NIGHT FLIGHT TURNS TRAGIC ON APPROACH TO MOREE AIRPORT  CASA TARGETS FLY-FOR-FUN-AND-PLEASURE CHOPPER PILOT IN THE NT  CESSNA 172 ENDS UP IN-THE-DRINK IN WEST OZ's SHIPWRECK AREA  EMERGENCY LANDING IN CAIRNS FOR QANTAS A330 WITH FIRE IN COCKPIT  PASSENGERS LIVES AT RISK AFTER CASA FAILS TO RAMP-CHECK QANTAS April 1  STORM FRONT CREATES HAVOC WITH AIR-SHOW PARTICIPANTS IN USA 2  GYROCOPTER INSTRUCTOR & STUDENT SURVIVE NIGHT SWIM IN WEST OZ  PILOTS OBJECT TO NEW MASTER PLAN FOR ARCHERFIELD AIRPORT  ULTRALIGHT PILOT INJURED FLYING THE SAND DUNES IN WEST OZ 3  16-YEAR-OLD HELICOPTER PILOT'S FIRST SOLO AT MAROOCHYDORE  PILOT INJURED IN CROPDUSTER ACCIDENT NEAR BAMBAROO IN FNQ  PIPER PILOT TRAINING AIRCRAFT UP FOR AUCTION AT ARCHERFIELD 4  MICRO-LIGHT CRASH NEAR BALRANALD IN NSW CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT  R44 HELICOPTER ACCIDENT AT LILLI PILLI CLAIMS WIFE OF PILOT  TASMANIAN MICROLIGHT STUDENT KILLED - INSTRUCTOR SURVIVES  GYROCOPTER PILOT FATALLY INJURED IN CRASH NEAR COONAMBLE  BUNBURY NIGHT TRAINING FLIGHT TURNS SOUR FOR PERTH PILOT  POWER COMPANY BUYS TWO SEABIRD SEEKERS FOR GRID MANAGEMENT May 1  HELICOPTER PILOT SURVIVES AFTER CONTACTING POWER-LINES IN FNQ  US MILITARY CREATE DAY-OF-RECOMPENSE FOR TERRORIST LEADER  QLD GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS WIDE BAY AIR-SHOW FOR GENERAL AVIATION 2  HELICOPTER CRASH AT DALGONALLY IN QLD CLAIMS PILOT'S LIFE 3  RAAF INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT SAFE AFTER PC-9A EMERGENCY EJECT  BANKSTOWN SQUIRREL HELICOPTER CRASH INJURES PILOT  AIRSHOWS & FLY-INS - MARYBOROUGH - WATTS BRIDGE - RAGLAN 4  ASLEEP ON THE JOB - TRAINEE PILOT LUCKY TO SURVIVE IN SOUTH OZ  CIRCUMNAVIGATION ATTEMPT IN SOLAR-POWERED AIRCRAFT IN 2013  UK's DAVE SYKES ATTEMPTING SOLO FLIGHT TO OZ IN MICROLIGHT June 1  CHARTER AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY LANDING NEAR STUART H'WAY IN THE NT  HELICOPTER EMERGENCY IN BRINDABELLA RANGES NEAR CANBERRA  HOME-BUILT EMERGENCY LANDING IN PADDOCK AT POMONA SUCCESSFUL  C152 EMERGENCY LANDING ON WOLLONGONG GOLF COURSE SUCCESSFUL  PILOT & GOVERNMENT WORKERS INJURED IN HELICOPTER PRANG IN FNQ  ATSB RELEASES FINAL REPORT ON FATAL MID-AIR AT MOORABBIN AIRPORT 2  QANTAS OVER-REACTS CANCELLING SERVICES DUE VOLCANIC ASH CLOUD  MATURE AGE GYROCOPTER PILOT SURVIVES CRASH NEAR BUNDABERG 3  TOP AEROBATICS PILOT INJURED IN AIR-SHOW CRASH AT BARRABA IN NSW  PIPER MALIBU EMERGENCY LANDING AT MEEKATHARRA IN WEST OZ  AUSSIE AIRSHIP PILOT KILLED DURING PROMOTIONAL FLIGHT IN GERMANY  RARE WW2 ERA B-17 BOMBER DESTROYED AFTER ENGINE FIRE 4  FATHER & SON TEAM UP FOR FUNDRAISING FLIGHT IN THEIR SPITFIRE  ULTRA-LIGHT SEAPLANE CRASH INTO LAKE JINDABYNE CLAIMS TWO LIVES  HELICOPTER PILOT SURVIVES POWER-LINE STRIKE NEAR INNISFAIL IN FNQ July 1  CASA GROUNDS TIGER AIRWAY'S TEN A320 AIRBUS AIRCRAFT IN OZ 2  FEMALE HELICOPTER PILOT INJURED IN CRASH AT CUTTABURRA IN QLD  TIGER AIRWAYS GROUNDING BY CASA BOOSTS OZ SHARES & SUPERFUNDS  LOCAL AUSSIE PILOT BEHIND TIGER AIRWAYS GROUNDING BY CASA 3  FATAL CROP-DUSTER ACCIDENT NEAR DIRRANBANDI IN SOUTH-WEST QLD  AIRCRAFT WITH 5 POB 'LOST & FOUND' SWAN HILL TO WHITE CLIFFS 4  FEMALE HELICOPTER PILOT FOUND DECEASED IN R-22 CRASH IN WEST OZ  THAI AIRWAYS BOEING 777 'BELOW-SAFE' ON APPROACH TO MELBOURNE  AIRSERVICES AUSTRALIA IN MILLION DOLLAR SEX HARASSMENT CASE  BELL 206L HELICOPTER CRASH IN SYDNEY'S NORTH CLAIMS TWO LIVES August 1 BRISBANE RADAR LOCATES ARCHERFIELD STUDENT PILOT "IN DIFFICULTY" CASA'S FINAL FEDERAL COURT HEARING ON TIGER AIRWAYS GROUNDING 2 MATURE AGE MICROLIGHT PILOT SURVIVES CRASH AT TYABB IN VIC BRITISH PARAPLEGIC MICROLIGHT PILOT DAVE SYKES ARRIVES IN OZ 3 ABC NEWS HELICOPTER CRASH NEAR LAKE EYRE CLAIMS 3-LIVES CESSNA 210 LANDS SHORT AT KUNUNURRA IN WEST OZ SEARCH FOR 2-PERSONS MISSING IN ULTRALIGHT NEAR EMERALD IN QLD ANGEL FLIGHT CRASH AT WALLUP IN VICTORIA CLAIMS TWO LIVES PILOT SURVIVES EMERGENCY LANDING AT GRAFTON SOUTH IN NSW PILOT SURVIVES CRASH LANDING ON PROPERTY NEAR WILCANNIA 4 WHEELS-UP LANDING AT MOREE SUCCESSFUL FOR VIC PILOT MICROLIGHT PILOT DAVE SYKES COMPLETES RECORD FLIGHT UK TO OZ LAKE EYRE CHARTER FLIGHT CESSNA 206 IN SAFE EMERGENCY LANDING CLAIM LODGED AGAINST BARRY HEMPEL'S ESTATE OVER YAK-52 FATALITY September 1 SURVEY HELICOPTER PILOT KILLED IN R44 CRASH IN WEST OZ PILOT DIES IN ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASH INTO WATER AT SYDNEY AUTOMATION RELIANCE IN TRAINING OF AIRLINE PILOTS DANGEROUS 2 TWO SURVIVE FORCED LANDING AFTER JABIRU ENGINE FAILURE CAIRNS CHARTER HELICOPTER IN FATAL CRASH AT SHOALWATER BAY OZ GOVERNMENT MINISTERS HYPOCRISY ON ARCHERFIELD SAFETY ISSUES 3 'MASS CASUALTIES' AT RENO AIR RACE CRASH IN NEVADA USA POLITICS BY OZ GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES UNDERMINING AIR SAFETY 4 GA-8 AIRVAN IN FORCED LANDING NEAR MARREE IN SOUTH OZ NT MUSTERING ROBBO R22 IMPACTS GROUND DURING CATTLE MUSTER CESSNA 152 TRAINER IN FORCED LANDING DEPARTING BANKSTOWN October 1 P-51 REPLICA MUSTANG IN WHEELS-UP LANDING AT DEVONPORT CHEETAH 200 ULTRALIGHT HITS FERRIS WHEEL NEAR TAREE IN NSW 2 SKYDIVE PILOT INJURED IN C206 CRASH AT TOORADIN IN VICTORIA 3 SKYDIVE CESSNA 182 FORCED LANDING NEAR BRANDON IN FNQ 4 QANTAS CEO GROUNDS ENTIRE FLEET OVER INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE AIRCRAFT ENDS UP INVERTED AFTER LANDING AT BRANDON IN FNQ CESSNA 310 TWIN IN EMERGENCY LANDING AT JABIRU IN THE NT CESSNA 172 EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED IN FORCED LANDING IN WEST OZ November 1 JABIRU EMERGENCY LANDING ON BARKLY HIGHWAY DUE FUEL EXHAUSTION QANTAS GROUNDING SEVERS TRUST WITHIN MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL 2 FOREIGN STUDENT PILOT IN LANDING ACCIDENT AT JANDAKOT IN WEST OZ LIGHTWING ULTRALIGHT IN LANDING ACCIDENT AT TAREE IN NSW SCOFFELL & SON SPITFIRE ACCIDENT IN AROUND-OZ FUND-RAISER FLIGHT RETIRED RQAC CFI JIM CRONIN MAKES LOCAL NEWS WITH HIS LONGEVITY 3 CESSNA AT TOOWOOMBA IS 4th UNDERCARRIAGE COLLAPSE IN 10 DAYS QUEENSLANDERS LOVE TO FLY - HERE'S ONE REASON WHY 4 TWO DOCTORS KILLED IN HOME-BUILT BD-4 AT MUNDUBBERA IN QLD TWO INJURED IN HOME-BUILT ROTARY-WING CRASH AT AYR IN FNQ NEW PRIVATE AIRPORT UNDER DEVELOPMENT IN SE QLD December 1 COUPLE SPRUNG AT 30-THOUSAND-FEET IN JETSTAR TOILET 2 QLD MINE WORKER ON WAY TO WORK IN CESSNA 210 FOUND DECEASED PILOT TRAINING HELICOPTER DAMAGED AT MOORABBIN AIRPORT IN VIC EMERGENCY LANDING ON GOLF COURSE ROCKWELL 114 TAKE-OFF PRANG 3 NO WORTHWHILE NEWS - REDIRECTING TO WEEK FOUR 4 DH-82 TIGER MOTH GOES TO SCHOOL ON QLD's SUNSHINE COAST LOCKYER VALLEY AIRPORT GETS THE NOD FROM GOVERNMENT HEAVIES GYROCOPTER CRASH IN WEST OZ INJURES OWNER-BUILDER-PILOT STANDBY FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER'S NOTAM ON WHEREABOUTS   RETURN  © AirCentre 1996 -  HOME