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	2019 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  AIR SAFETY NETWORK RELEASE STATS ON AIRLINE FATALITIES FOR 2018  FIVE SURVIVE TOORADIN SKYDIVE CESSNA ENGINE FAILURE AFTER TAKE-OFF 2  JABIRU PILOT RESCUED AFTER ENGINE FAILURE NEAR MUNDUBBERA IN QLD  TWO INJURED IN TRAINING HELICOPTER CRASH AT JANDAKOT IN WEST OZ  PILOT INJURED IN TAXIING ACCIDENT AT ALDINGA IN SOUTH OZ 3  HELICOPTER PILOT LOSS-OF-CONTROL DEPARTURING VIC'S HIGH-COUNTRY 4  RECORD RAIN IN FNQ SINKS HIGH-TIME PIPER CHIEFTAIN VH-IOD  SKYCRANE DROWNS DURING FIRE-CONTROL OPS IN VICTORIA FEBRUARY 1  A36 PILOT SURVIVES FORCED LANDING AT PALMWOODS ON SUNSHINE COAST  FATAL GYROCOPTER CRASH AT CAPEL IN WEST OZ 2  PILOT AND VINTAGE TIGER MOTH SAFE AFTER FORCED LANDING ON NSW BEACH 3  FIFTEEN TOURISTS UNHARMED IN LANDING CRASH OF TWO HOT AIR BALLOONS 4  PIPER TOMAHAWK DEMOLISHED AFTER CANBERRA AERO CLUB PILOT TREE CRASH MARCH 1  GILMOUR JUNIOR SPACE ROCKET LAUNCH APPROVAL COST RISES INTO SPACE  USA RETURN TO HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT WITH CREW CAPSULE AT SPACE-STATION  PILOT SURVIVES CRASH AFTER TAKE-OFF FAILURE FROM CESSNOCK IN NSW 2  HELICOPTER PILOT SURVIVES POWER-LINE STRIKE DURING AG-OPS IN SOUTH OZ  PRESIDENT TRUMP GROUNDS BOEING 737 MAX AIRLINER 3  QLD HELICOPTER PILOT LOSS-OF-LIFE AFTER POWER-POLE IMPACT IN SOUTH OZ 4  MATURE-AGE GYROCOPTER PILOT SURVIVES TAKE-OFF CRASH IN SOUTH OZ APRIL 1  RECORD OF AIRCRAFT FLYING-THE-COOP FROM ARCHERFIELD 22-YEARS AGO  TWO SURVIVE EMERGENCY LANDING NEAR NORMANTON AIRPORT IN FNQ  TWO SURVIVE TAKE-OFF FAILURE AT GEORGE TOWN AIRPORT IN TASSIE 2  PILOT INJURED IN ULTRALIGHT CRASH AT GEELONG IN VICTORIA  MATURE-AGE PILOT KILLED IN CRASH IN FNQ  GYROCOPTER PILOT KILLED IN CRASH NEAR CHARLEVILLE QLD  MILITARY STYLE AEROBATICS TRAINING IN JET TRAINER ENDS-UP SHORT IN SA  FATAL ULTRALIGHT CRASH NEAR CUNNAMULLA IN QLD 3  PILOT UNINJURED IN LOSS-OF-CONTROL DURING TAKE-OFF AT ARCHERFIELD  TWO SURVIVE FIRE AFTER TAKE-OFF IN JABIRU AT WAGGA-WAGGA IN NSW 4  BLANK MAY 1  THREE SURVIVE LANDING MISHAP IN SR20 AT TOORADIN AIRSTRIP IN VIC 2  BRITISH AIRWAYS CALL SIGN "SPEEDBIRD" CHALLENGED ON AUTHENTICITY 3  CASA-v-HOCH LEGAL CASE HAS "MORE STARTS THAN PHAR-LAP" 4  THREE INJURED IN ROTARY-WING CRASH DURING FERAL ANIMAL CULL IN KAKADU  OZ FAKE AGRICULTURAL PILOT FINED FOR STAYING ALIVE AFTER CRASH  CESSNA 210 CRASH NORTH-EAST OF MT ISA CLAIMS TWO LIVES  INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT SURVIVE HELICOPTER CRASH AT MOORABBIN AIRPORT JUNE 1  NASA CHOOSES EQUATORIAL LAUNCH AUSTRALIA'S NHULUNBUY ROCKET SITE  GYROCOPTER PILOT FOUND DECEASED AFTER 5-DAY SEARCH IN NT RIVER  SEARCH UNDERWAY OFF STRADDIE FOR SOUTHPORT BASED YAK-52 WARBIRD 2  ATSB FINDS WING SEPARATION IN CESSNA-210 NEAR MT ISA REASON FOR CRASH  SEARCH UNDER-WAY FOR MISSING PASSENGER IN MICRO-LIGHT CRASH IN VIC  OZ MILITARY HELICOPTER IN EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER POWER-LINE STRIKE 3  TWO MEN SURVIVE EMERGENCY LANDING ONTO GOLF-COURSE NEAR MOORABBIN 4  BLANK JULY 1  CESSNA ORDERS MANDATORY INSPECTION OF CARRY-THRU SPAR ON C210's  ROTARY-WING CRASH IN VICTORIA'S HIGH COUNTRY INJURES TWO  BRUMBY ULTRALIGHT CRASH AT LEIGH CREEK IN SOUTH OZ CLAIMS TWO LIVES 2  BLANK 3  OZ DESIGNED AIRVAN INVOLVED IN DEADLY CRASH IN SWEDEN 4  2 INJURED AFTER HOMEBUILT RV-6A INVERTS ON LANDING AT WILLIAM CREEK  HEAVY IMPACTS POLE AFTER BRAKE FAILURE AT PERTH AIRPORT IN WEST OZ AUGUST 1  350 REDUNDANT AIRSERVICES MANAGERS CLASS ACTION CLAIM TO FAIL  LOSS-OF-CONTROL CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT IN XL-2 DURING AIRSTRIP INSPECTION 2  AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT FALSE START ON DELIVERY FLIGHT TO KIWI-LAND 3  HOME-BUILT SAVANNAH ULTRALIGHT DAMAGED IN LANDING AT BENDIGO 4  BLANK SEPTEMBER 1  STUDENT PILOT ON FIRST LESSON MAKES SUCCESSFUL LANDING AT JANDAKOT 2  SEARCH UNDERWAY AFTER HELICOPTER FADES FROM RADAR NEAR NEWCASTLE  INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT UNINJURED IN LANDING MISHAP AT BACCHUS MARSH 3  SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR LIGHT AIRCRAFT MISSING ON FLIGHT TO TAREE 4  ELON MUSK RELEASES DETAILS ON SPACEX'S STARSHIP TO MARS MISSION OCTOBER 1  HISTORIC B-17 'BERLIN-BOMBER' DESTROYED IN LANDING MISHAP IN USA 2  BLANK 3  CAPT SULLENBERGER NAILS AVIATION SAFETY IN LETTER TO EDITOR 4  ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASH AT WEDDELL IN THE NT CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT NOVEMBER 1  BLANK 2  FIRE-FIGHTING HELICOPTER DAMAGED IN HARD LANDING NORTH OF TOOWOOMBA 3  ULTRALIGHT PILOT INJURED IN CRASH NEAR RENMARK IN SOUTH OZ 4  WARRANTY CLAIM ON RAAF FA-18 HORNET 'GROWLER' AIRCRAFT REJECTED DECEMBER 1  MICROLIGHT TYPE GLIDER IN FATAL CRASH AT WOODVILLE IN NSW  HOMEBUILT DAMAGED IN PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON BEACH IN NSW  ULTRALIGHT MUSTERING PILOT INJURED IN CRASH NEAR ISISFORD IN QLD  NSW FIRE-FIGHTING ROTARY-WING DAMAGED IN HEAVY LANDING 2  ULTRALIGHT CRASH NEAR AGNES WATER IN QLD CLAIMS TWO LIVES  TRAINEE PILOT SERIOUSLY INJURED IN LANDING CRASH AT MOORABBIN  TWO KILLED IN TWIN-ENGINE TRAINING CRASH AT MAREEBA IN FNQ 3  MATURE-AGE PILOT KILLED IN CRASH AT KANANGRA NATIONAL PARK IN NSW  USA CESSNA P210 LANDS SHORT AT MORUYA AIRPORT AFTER JET ENGINE FAILS 4  TWO INJURED IN HELICOPTER CRASH AT DUBBO   RETURN  © AirCentre 1996 -  HOME