single engine down on Bathurst Island

[sootyg]

At this stage all that can be established is that it is a low wing and is amongst the scrub to the north of the runway . Hope all are ok :sad:

[Pharcarnell]

Sorry. Missed this when I started the other one.:ugh:

[Pass-A-Frozo]

One dead in light plane crash
From: AAP
June 01, 2006
A PERSON has died in a light aircraft crash on Bathurst Island.

The crash happened near the Nguiu airstrip about 9am CST today, police said.
Police are securing the site until Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigators arrive at the crash scene, about 1km northeast of the Nguiu airstrip.

An ATSB spokesman said further details were not immediately available

He said an ATSB team of investigators had been deployed to travel to the crash site, about 75km north of Darwin (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,19328736-1702,00.html)

[tinpis]

A Bonanza:uhoh:

[Diatryma]

http://www.ntnews.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,19335044%255E13569,00.html


Man dies in plane crash
By GREG McLEAN
02jun06

A WELL-KNOWN former Territory businessman was killed yesterday when his single-engined plane crashed - just seconds away from landing on the Tiwi Islands.

AIB Insurance owner Glenn Skipworth, 48, was on approach about one kilometre from Nguiu airport when his single engine Beechcraft A36 dropped from the sky about 9am yesterday.

It is believed he was flying himself to Nguiu to visit clients.
He was the only person on board the plane.
Officer-in-charge of Nguiu police, Sergeant Rod Godden, said it took police three hours to get to the scene because of the difficult terrain.
``We had a plane flying overhead to give us a general direction and a police vessel went up a creek in the vicinity of the crash site,'' he said.
``Some other members walked through the mangroves and across a couple of creeks to get there.''
Sgt Godden said it appeared the aircraft had clipped some trees before ploughing into the ground.
Police did not detect any aviation fuel at the crash site but could not speculate on the cause of the accident.
Mr Skipworth's body was recovered from the aircraft yesterday afternoon and flown to Darwin last night.
An autopsy will be done today.
Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigators were due to arrive from Canberra and Perth this morning and will visit the site to sift through the wreckage searching for clues as to what caused the crash.
Mr Skipworth built up his business in the Territory which specialised in insurance cover in remote communities before moving to the Sunshine Coast in Queensland about 18 months ago.
Shattered colleagues described Mr Skipworth as a ``good bloke who lived for his job''.


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