Tasmania

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    Ultralight Crashes in Tas


    On January 11, 2013 at 10:10 a.m., an Australian Lightwing GR 912 was in Yorktown Tasmania. The plane, an ultralight, took off and nosedived in a vineyard next door to the airport, killing the sixty-five year old pilot.

    The cause of the crash on a West Tamar property off Bowens road, just north of Launceston has not been determined.

    The Beaconsfield police responded to the scene.

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    TV Host Crashes on Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia.


    hang glider pictured
    What: Australian-made homebuilt aircraft piloted by John Duigan en route from a private strip on Flinders Island
    Where: Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia.
    When: Jan 7 2009
    Who: Nick and his father John were airlifted to Launceston General Hospital. Duigan suffered a head injury, broken jaw requiring surgery, broken ribs and fractured wrists. John had surgery for an abdominal injury and broken leg.

    Why: The ultralight struggled to gain altitude after take off and crashed into a hill and flipping

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    21 Year Old Cropduster Crashes and Burns in Tasmania


    What: 1967 cropdusting Cessna
    Where: Cressy in north Tasmania
    When: 8 a m
    Who: 12 year old pilot working for a local aviation company
    Why: The engine stalled, lost altitude and hit the ground nose first, exploding and igniting fuel from the ruptured tank.
    The propeller was torn off by the impact.The pilot was wearing a firesuit but his face and hands were on fire.The pilot was taken to Launceston General Hospital. A water tanker driver stopped and helped put out the fire.