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	2013 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  HAPPY NEW YEAR GREETINGS 2  LIGHTWING ULTRALIGHT FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR BEACONSFIELD IN TASMANIA  MANGALORE TRAINEE PILOT IN TROUBLE AFTER WHEEL FALLS OFF 3  HUSBAND AND WIFE SURVIVE ULTRALIGHT CRASH AT JACOBS WELL IN QLD  PILOT AND CAMERAMAN SURVIVE NEWS HELICOPTER CRASH NEAR PERTH  HELICOPTER PILOT SERIOUSLY INJURED IN CRASH NEAR AUGATHELLA 4  BEECHCRAFT DUCHESS ENGINE FIRE IN BANKSTOWN HANGAR  TWO SURVIVE ENGINE FAILURE IN CHARTER C182 AT KUNUNURRA IN WEST OZ  FLOAT-PLANE INVERTS ON LANDING NEAR CUNNINGHAM PIER IN VICTORIA FEBRUARY 1  SEARCH UNDER WAY FOR ULTRALIGHT PILOT MISSING FROM CABOOLTURE  SKYFOX GAZELLE WRECKAGE LOCATED AT GLASS HOUSE MOUNTAINS 2  THREE KILLED IN TWO ULTRALIGHT CRASHES IN QLD AND VICTORIA  LIGHT AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY DECLINE IN OZ - 27 AIRCRAFT UP FOR AUCTION  HOBART FIRE-FIGHTING HELICOPTER PILOT RESCUED AFTER CRASH 3  TWO SURVIVE ULTRALIGHT PRANG AT LUSKINTYRE N-W OF NEWCASTLE  ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST HELICOPTER OPERATORS GOES BUST 4  TWO WEST OZ ULTRALIGHT PILOTS ESCAPE INJURY AFTER WIRE-STRIKE  19 TOURISTS KILLED IN EGYPT AFTER HOT-AIR BALLOON CATCHES FIRE MARCH 1  TWO KILLED IN MICROLIGHT CRASH AT TUGGERAH LAKE NORTH OF SYDNEY  LIGHT AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS IN FEBRUARY THAT DID NOT MAKE THE NEWS  CHARTER CESSNA 337 • Exmouth • • • CHARTER CESSNA 210 • Broome 2  KIHEE STATION PILOT SERIOUSLY INJURED KILLED IN ULTRALIGHT CRASH  CRIME SCENE ESTABLISHED AFTER AIRCRAFT FIRE IN ARCHERFIELD HANGAR  INACCURATE FINAL REPORT HIGHLIGHTS ANTIQUATED AIR CONTROL SYSTEM 3  TWO SURVIVE HOMEBUILT ENGINE FAILURE DEPARTING RAINBOW BEACH  WING STRUCTURAL FAILURE STALL OF SPITFIRE REPLICA CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT  STUDENT PILOT UNINJURED IN LANDING CRASH AT JANDAKOT IN WEST OZ  LUCKY ESCAPE FOR PASSENGERS IN HOT-AIR BALLOON CRASH IN CANBERRA 4  PIPER TWIN COMANCHE IN WHEELS-UP LANDING AT BANKSTOWN  CAREFLIGHT B200 KING AIR UNDERCARRIAGE COLLAPSE AT DARWIN AIRPORT  TWO LIVES LOST IN CESSNA 210 TURBO ACCIDENT AFTER ROMA TAKE-OFF  HOMEBUILT RV-12 MAIDEN FLIGHT CRASH CLAIMS LIFE OF LISMORE PILOT  LIGHT AIRCRAFT FIXED WING - ROTARY WING - NOW FIXED WING TILT-ROTOR  WEDDING PARTY INCINERATED IN R44 HELICOPTER CRASH AT BULLI TOPS APRIL 1  NEW BEECH BARON NOSE-WHEEL COLLAPSE ON LANDING AT TOOWOOMBA  CESSNA C210 MISSING IN THE NT WITH FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD  NEW DATA RECORD FOR MARCH 2013 IN AIRCENTRE SITE STATISTICS 2   LION AIR BOEING 737 PASSENGER JET ENDS UP 'IN-THE-DRINK' AT DENPASAR  SUPPORT FOR LIGHT AIRCRAFT MEDICAL EMERGENCY NIGHT FLIGHT IN PERU 3  ADMINISTRATOR APPOINTED TO CENTRAL QLD AIR CHARTER OPERATOR  MOTORISED PARAGLIDER PRANG ON BRIBIE ISLAND CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT 4  GLIDER PILOT KILLED AFTER MID-AIR COLLISION NEAR GOULBURN IN NSW  ULTRALIGHT PRANG NEAR TAREE IN NSW CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT  PASSENGER JET DAMAGED PARKING AT MELBOURNE TULLAMARINE AIRPORT MAY 1  SOLAR IMPULSE STARTS TRANS-AMERICA FLIGHT POWERED BY THE SUN 2  SINGING SENSATION OF SPACE STATION ASTRONAUT CHRIS HADFIELD 3  TWO INJURED IN MICROLIGHT PRANG AT WAGGA-WAGGA AIRPORT IN NSW  PARAGLIDER INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT MISSING ON TRAINING FLIGHT  INADEQUATE TRAINING CITED AS CAUSE OF PASSENGER JET CRASH IN BALI 4  MOTORISED PARAGLIDER PRANG NEAR GATTON CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT  SENATE RELEASES REPORT ON PEL-AIR MEDICAL FLIGHT CRASH AT NORFOLK IS JUNE 1  CESSNA 210 WHEELS-UP LANDING AT RAMINGINING IN NT'S ARNHEM LAND  MOONEY ENGINE FAILURE ON TAKE-OFF AT CANBERRA AIRPORT  LOCKYER VALLEY GAINS EMERGENCY HELIPORT FROM AIRPORT DEVELOPER 2  CHARTED BELL HELICOPTER IN EMERGENCY WATER LANDING IN WEST OZ 3  ULTRALIGHT CRASH NEAR GERALDTON IN WEST OZ CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT  ULTRALIGHT JABIRU STOLEN FROM NORTHAM AERODROME IN WEST OZ  TWO JETS COLLIDE DURING AIR-RACE SAFETY SEMINAR AT RENO IN USA 4  GYROCOPTER PILOT SERIOUSLY INJURED IN PRANG NEAR BILOELA IN QLD  CIRRUS IMPACTS TREES ON APPROACH TO PRIVATE AIRSTRIP AT BOXWOOD  CASA DESIGNATED MEDICAL EXAMINERS SUED IN BARRY HEMPEL FIASCO JULY 1  KOREAN BOEING 777 CLOSES SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT AFTER LANDING CRASH 2  LEARJET VANDALISED BY GRAFFITI ARTIST AT VAN NUYS AIRPORT IN USA  PILOT UNHURT IN SKYFOX ULTRALIGHT ENGINE FAILURE AT CASINO AIRPORT 3  AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL MANAGEMENT CASTIGATED BY AIR SAFETY REGULATOR 4  FAA MANDATES ALL FOREIGN AIRCRAFT USE AUTO LANDING AT SAN FRANCISCO  TWO SURVIVE ENGINE FAILURE IN BELL 47G HELICOPTER NEAR AMBERLEY AUGUST 1  TWO ESCAPE SERIOUS INJURY IN HUGHES LIGHTWING FORCED LANDING IN SA  BELL 206 PHOTOGRAPHIC HELICOPTER DITCHES IN TORRES STRAIT 2  PASSENGER JETS COLLIDE AT MELBOURNE'S TULLAMARINE AIRPORT IN VIC  HELICOPTER PILOT SURVIVES SOLO TRAINING ACCIDENT AT CAMDEN 3  TWO UNINJURED AFTER JABIRU ENGINE FAILURE AT VICTORIA POINT  PILOT ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY IN FORCED LANDING NEAR ARCHERFIELD  DECLINE OF LIGHT AIRCRAFT PARKED AT ARCHERFIELD ON EKKA SHOW DAY 4  NEWS MEDIA HAS QANTAS JET IN UNSCHEDULED LANDING DUE LOW FUEL  HORNET ULTRALIGHT TEST FLIGHT FAILURE NEAR TAREE - PILOT SAFE SEPTEMBER 1  EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER ENGINE MALFUNCTION DEPARTING CALOUNDRA  BIRDSVILLE RACES CLAIM LIGHT AIRCRAFT - PIPER ARROW RETRACTABLE  PILOT SERIOUSLY INJURED IN MUSTERING HELICOPTER ACCIDENT IN THE NT 2  HELICOPTER STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR IN FORCED LANDING NEAR ARMIDALE 3  PILOT CRITICALLY INJURED IN HOME-BUILT AIRCRAFT CRASH AT GERALDTON  THE UNIVERSITY OF QLD'S SCRAMJET READY FOR LAUNCH IN NORWAY     - EXPERIMENTAL SCRAMJET MOTHBALLED AFTER ROCKET FAILURE -  FATAL CESSNA CRASH AT BELLFIELD NORTH OF RICHMOND IN CENTRAL QLD 4  PILOT KILLED IN SOLO NIGHT TRAINING EXERCISE AT HAMILTON IN VICTORIA  PILOT UNINJURED IN TIGER MOTH LANDING MISHAP AT SANDY BEACH IN NSW OCTOBER 1  KR-2 ULTRALIGHT PILOT KILLED IN CRASH NEAR TUMUT IN NSW  ULTRALIGHT PILOT SERIOUSLY INJURED IN CRASH AT BUNDABERG  QLD CORONER RELEASES FINDINGS OF INQUEST INTO HEMPEL DEATH  2 INJURED IN PIPER PA-28 FORCED LANDING AT NIGHT NEAR CUNNAMULLA 2  NEW AIRPORT FOR TOOWOOMBA UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT WELLCAMP QLD 3  VICTORIAN PILOT KILLED IN LIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASH AT HYDEN IN WEST OZ  BLACK HAWK MILITARY HELICOPTERS OVERFLY BRISBANE CBD IN EXERCISE  CASA SHUTS DOWN DALBY AIR MAINTENANCE ON THE DARLING DOWNS 4  GAME PAIR IN THRUSTER ULTRALIGHT SURVIVE BASS STRAIT DITCHING  NT MICROLIGHT PILOT DIES AFTER HEART ATTACK NEAR DARWIN  TWO AIRPORT SECURITY FENCES + TWO LANCAIRS = 3 DEAD IN 5 WEEKS  HOME-BUILT LANCAIR CRASH AT SHEPPARTON IN VICTORIA CLAIMS 2-LIVES  FIRE FIGHTER PILOT DIES IN WATER BOMBER CRASH ON NSW SOUTH COAST  SEARCH UNDER WAY FOR MISSING CESSNA ON MORUYA-MANGALORE FLIGHT NOVEMBER 1  FOUR SURVIVE R44 HELICOPTER PRANG ON MT BULLER IN SNOWY MOUNTAINS  PA-31 UNDERCARRIAGE FAILURE LANDING AT ADELAIDE IN SOUTH OZ  CHARTER HELICOPTER DISINTEGRATES AFTER LOSS OF CONTROL ON TAKE-OFF  WIND GUST CLAIMS CESSNA 172 LANDING NEAR BURRA IN SOUTH OZ 2  MATURE AGE ULTRALIGHT PILOT INJURED IN CRASH NORTH OF MUDGEE IN NSW 3  OUTBACK PILOT KILLED IN LIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASH NEAR MOOMBA IN SA 4  TWO-SEAT ALL-ELECTRIC HELICOPTER MAKES SUCCESSFUL TEST FLIGHT DECEMBER 1  R44 HELICOPTER UP FOR AUCTION AT ARCHERFIELD  NEW SLEIGH DESIGN TESTING AT REMOTE NORTH POLE LOCATION 2  TWO SERIOUSLY INJURED IN GLASAIR FIERY CRASH NEAR JANDAKOT IN WA  CHRIS SPEROU AWARDED OZ BI-CENTENNIAL AWARD BY LONDON'S GAPAN  THREE OCCUPANTS SURVIVE HELICOPTER LANDING CRASH NEAR BYRON BAY  OCCUPANTS ESCAPE INJURY AFTER CESSNA INVERTS ON LANDING AT TYABB 3  TIGER MOTH MISSING WITH TWO PERSONS ON BOARD NEAR STRADDI  CANBERRA BASED AIRLINE BRINDABELLA IN RECEIVERSHIP  ULTRALIGHT CRASH-LANDS AT ARCHERFIELD AFTER UNDERCARRIAGE DAMAGE 4  YARRA RANGES GYROCOPTER PRANG CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT AND PASSENGER  SANTA IN HIS NEW SLEIGH REVISED TIME OF ARRIVAL 'DOWN UNDER' IS NOW   RETURN  © AirCentre 1996 - 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