Plane crashes near Shellharbour Airport 03/04/26

[red750]

Plane crashes near Shellharbour Airport with 'funny echoes' heard moments before incident.

 

A pilot has escaped with minor injuries after he crash landed in a dairy farm near Shellharbour Airport.

 

I have no more details because I don't subscribe to the Illawarra Mercury.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Marty_d]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-03/pilot-uninjured-nsw-plane-crash-albion-park-rail/106529716

[BurnieM]

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/568731

 

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/vh-pdx#3f09275a

 

[BurnieM]

From the ADS-B track it looks like he came down from Bankstown, did some circuits at Shellharbour then possibly lost power on takeoff.

 

[onetrack]

Or he did a touch and go, and then lost control whilst getting airborne again? I note he was a student, and the Cirrus belonged to a flying school.

[BurnieM]

1 hour ago, onetrack said:

Or he did a touch and go, and then lost control whilst getting airborne again? I note he was a student, and the Cirrus belonged to a flying school.

Looks like he did 3 succesful touch and gos and on the 4th one he had an issue.

 

Media said the pilot was a 52 year old male.

 

[BurnieM]

It'll bluff out

 

[facthunter]

Fairly damaged. Might Not be repairable and the Occupant would have experienced considerable forces. Nev

[onetrack]

If the structure is buckled at the wing root, it might be close to a write-off.

[BurnieM]

10 hours ago, BurnieM said:

 

Drove past this today on the way back from Kiama.

It was very close to the highway.

 

Edited 18 hours ago by BurnieM