A student pilot and his instructor escaped serious injury after the Jabiru ultralight they were in suffered an engine failure in Victoria's north-west


Police report that the ultralight was only 'short distance' from Mildura's airport when the forced landing took place upending the machine after the nose-wheel collapsed on touch-down


"Their injuries are not significant but they've both been taken to Mildura base hospital for observation"

Over the past 3-weeks the News Desk has reported on an unusually high number of fatal light aircraft accidents wherein the prime cause of the crash appears to be a loss-of-control just prior to impact


 NEWS DESK OBSERVATION 

The loss-of-control appears to be associated with stall-spin recovery technique and can only highlight a fault in the modern training of pilots and the associated flying regulations

Example - on March 20^th a flying school instructor and his student perished in an ultralight stall 'spin-type' accident north Bundaberg

On Mach 30^th a very experienced Qantas pilot died after he apparently lost control of his Europa after the engine failed shortly after take-off at Caboolture

A turboprop powered Ayres Thrush S2R-G10 cropduster has crashed and caught fire during routine agricultural operations north-west of Moree in NSW


The pilot was the only person on board the low-wing aircraft and died at the scene


The ATSB are investigating - the link is below

A 50-year-old male and 53-year-old female were killed when the AirBorne XT-912 microlight aircraft they were in crashed and caught fire in unknown circumstances in southern NSW


The weight-shift controlled microlight was returning from the Temora annual national fly-in for sports aircraft when the accident occurred


"Police and Emergency Services personal were called to a property on Stokinbingal Road Cootamundra"

For the second time in 2-weeks a skydiver has been injured carrying out their first 'solo' jump at the Ripcord Skydivers Club at Gatton - the Club's safety Officer (and owner) John Friswell said the man involved was a student on his first jump - “The equipment was working perfectly but it seems he didn’t follow the instructions of the instructor"


"We have a thousand acres of land but he had to find the tree to land in"


"He suffered a broken arm and they are taking him to hospital as a precautionary measure to check he doesn’t have any neck injuries"