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62y · Male·cardiac arrest caused by hypothermia following prolonged exposure to extreme col…
Captain David Wood, an experienced helicopter pilot, fell into a concealed crevasse on the West Ice Shelf in Antarctica while conducting fuel cache operations. He was exposed to extreme cold (-14°C) and remained in the c…
42y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a light plane incident (pilot)
Mathew Farrell, a 42-year-old pilot with limited powered aircraft experience (24.4 total hours), crashed in a light sports aircraft in remote mountainous terrain near Lucyvale, Victoria on 18 September 2022. The coroner …
65y · Male·Multiple blunt force injuries from helicopter crash
A 65-year-old experienced helicopter pilot crashed during mustering operations near Limbunya Station, NT, resulting in fatal blunt force injuries. The ATSB investigation could not definitively determine the cause, identi…
57y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in helicopter crash
Roger Corbin, a highly skilled and experienced helicopter pilot and instructor, died in a crash during emergency training on 7 November 2017. While instructing student John Osborne in a simulated hydraulic failure landin…
Male·Multiple injuries due to or as a consequence of an aircraft accident (controlled…
On 11 March 2020, a Cessna 404 aircraft carrying five people crashed near Lockhart River, Queensland, killing all occupants. The pilot attempted two RNAV GNSS instrument approaches in poor weather with heavy rain and low…
Unknown·Multiple blunt force injuries and immersion secondary to seaplane crash caused b…
On 31 December 2017, a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver seaplane crashed into Jerusalem Bay, Sydney, killing all six occupants. The coroner found the crash was caused by pilot impairment due to carbon monoxide (CO) exposure. Pr…
Male·Multiple injuries due to aircraft crash (pilot was Martinus Van Hattem)
Two people died when a YAK 52 aerobatic aircraft impacted the sea at high speed near South Stradbroke Island, Queensland on 5 June 2019. The pilot, Martinus Van Hattem (aged 52), had limited experience flying the aircraf…
Multiple injuries sustained in air crash
A Beechcraft King Air B200 crashed at Essendon Airport 10 seconds after takeoff, killing all five occupants: pilot Maxwell Quartermain and four passengers. The investigation determined the rudder trim tab was in 'full no…
67y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in an air crash
A Beechcraft King Air B200 aircraft crashed at Essendon Airport 10 seconds after takeoff, killing the pilot Maxwell Quartermain (age 67) and four passengers. The aircraft's rudder trim tab was in a 'full nose-left' posit…
Male·Multiple injuries sustained in an air crash resulting from loss of controllabili…
Five people died in a Beechcraft King Air aircraft crash at Essendon Airport, Victoria on 21 February 2017. The aircraft took off but almost immediately veered left, climbed to only 160 feet, then descended and collided …
Unknown·multiple injuries sustained in air crash resulting from aircraft rudder trim bei…
A Beechcraft King Air B200 aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Essendon Airport on 21 February 2017, killing the pilot Maxwell Quartermain and four American passengers. The ATSB investigation determined the aircr…
Male·Multiple injuries sustained in air crash, caused by aircraft rudder trim being s…
Five people died in a Beechcraft King Air B200 crash at Essendon Airport on 21 February 2017. The aircraft took off with its rudder trim set to 'full nose-left' instead of neutral, causing a severe leftward yaw that pilo…
30y · Female·Multiple blunt traumatic injuries and incineration sustained in an aircraft coll…
Nikita Jo Walker, a 30-year-old commercial pilot with 530 hours experience, died when her twin-engine aircraft collided with the Western Arthur Range in Tasmania on 8 December 2018 whilst flying a direct route to Bathurs…
Unknown·Multiple injuries sustained in helicopter crash
A Bell UH-1H helicopter carrying five people crashed into the ocean near Anna Bay, NSW on 6 September 2019, killing all aboard. Pilot David Kerr continued flying after last light without night flight qualifications in a …
Unknown·Each deceased died as a result of injuries sustained in an aircraft crash: Andre…
Five people died in a Cessna U206G aircraft crash during tandem parachuting operations at Caboolture Airfield on 22 March 2014. The aircraft aerodynamically stalled shortly after take-off, the precise cause could not be …
65y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a light plane incident
A Piper PA-28 aircraft crashed into the Bass Strait in January 2016, killing four occupants including pilot Ian Chamberlain. The aircraft departed Moorabbin Airport in deteriorating weather conditions unsuitable for visu…
68y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a light plane incident
Four occupants of a Piper PA-28 light aircraft died when it impacted water in Bass Strait on 29 January 2016. The aircraft was operated under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) by experienced private pilots who were aware of dete…
Unknown·multiple physical injuries sustained in a mid-air collision during skydiving
Three skydivers died in a mid-air collision near Mission Beach, Queensland on 13 October 2017. Tandem instructor Peter Dawson and customer Kerri Pike (in drogue-fall) collided with solo sport jumper Tobias Turner whose m…
Male·Exact cause of death remains undetermined
In March 2016, AA, a pilot, intentionally crashed his small aircraft into the Pacific Ocean approximately 10-15 kilometres northeast of Cape Byron, New South Wales. The exact cause of death remains undetermined, but the …
60y · Male·Injuries sustained in a light plane incident
Ian Cook, an experienced weight-shift microlight pilot with 86 hours flying time, crashed into terrain during a television filming event at Yarrawonga Aerodrome on 13 March 2016, killing himself and cameraman passenger Q…
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