Midair Wedderburn NSW 30Nov 2025

[Blueadventures]

Media reporting an Aircraft crash wedderburn nsw

The incident occurred near Napperfield Airfield in Wedderburn, NSW, where two light planes collided mid-air. One plane crashed into nearby bushland, and the pilot, who was the sole occupant, was killed. The other plane landed safely at the airfield, and the pilot was uninjured. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is investigating the crash. Members of the public are urged to avoid the area until further notice.

 

https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=5d6a2e752d51344c6ec6558db2afb2f42578859991fa71ce16d19402c6d6297cJmltdHM9MTc2NDM3NDQwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=2b581518-e478-6b47-2b1e-00b0e5946ae8&psq=aircraft+crash+wedderburn+nsw&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly83bmV3cy5jb20uYXUvbmV3cy9waWxvdC1raWxsZWQtYXMtdHdvLXBsYW5lcy1jb2xsaWRlLW1pZC1haXItaW4td2VkZGVyYnVybi1pbi1zeWRuZXlzLXNvdXRod2VzdC0tYy0yMDg0MjU5OA

Edited 18 hours ago by Blueadventures

[Thruster88]

FR24 play back shows a RV7 and other aircraft not visible...

[Thruster88]

Apparently a formation flight, they would know the risks and accept them.

[skippydiesel]

Strong gusty winds in the Sydney basin today - not the best conditions for any small aircraft😈

[Blueadventures]

Being reported that the two aircraft were part of four involved in an acrobatic formation flight and were returning to land at the airfield when the collision occurred.  Very sad.

[sfGnome]

John Taru (who was (is?) an instructor at the Oaks) said on the ABC that one aircraft turned with the second plane turning alongside it, but a wind gust pushed one into the other. ☹️☹️

[mechfx]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-30/nsw-wedderburn-light-plane-crash/106083640

[onetrack]

This is terrible news. 2025 is going to go down as a dreadful year for light aircraft crashes in Australia. 2024 was a really bad year with 27 fatalities, 2025 must have exceeded that figure already.

There were 16 fatalities from 12 crashes up to the end of July, and there have been a serious number of crashes and fatalities, since then.

[BurnieM]

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/562837

 

[onetrack]

I believe this is the crashed aircraft ...

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1403532354035011

 

[rgmwa]

If it was Eddie Seve he was a well known member of the Freedom Formation and a very experienced pilot. RIP

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Freedom Formation | Aerobatic Display Team

WWW.FREEDOMFORMATION.COM.AU

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Freedom Formation - The largest Formation Aerobatic Display Team in the Southern Hemisphere

 

[turboplanner]

10 hours ago, onetrack said:

This is terrible news. 2025 is going to go down as a dreadful year for light aircraft crashes in Australia. 2024 was a really bad year with 27 fatalities, 2025 must have exceeded that figure already.

There were 16 fatalities from 12 crashes up to the end of July, and there have been a serious number of crashes and fatalities, since then.

That's about on the mark GA aircraft; I quickly pulled ATSB figures as follows:

 

2010 to 2019     Average 32.3 fatalities per year.

2020                 35 

2021                  *

2022                 34

2023                 *

2024                 27

Late 2025         16 from 12 accidents

 

RPT                   No fatalities since 2005

 

*     Curiously in these years ATSB notates there are differences between calendar and financial years. 

 

GA causes are different to RA. The longer flights - 4 to 6 hours can see them in up to three or four different weather patterns from where they took off, and in some years there's a bulge around May of people flying into cloud. The longer trips also mean fatigue becomes a factor. 

Edited 1 hour ago by turboplanner

[pmccarthy]

Headline here - Pilot Dies in Horror Crash. What is a Horror Crash, and how is it worse than a regular crash?