Accidents and Incidents
26 Sep 2011, Cessna 152 VH-HCE - Total power loss due to fuel contamination with water. On emergency landing the aircraft nosed-over. The instructor and student vacated the aircraft with no injuries.
On 15 September 1982, a Douglas C-47 (c/n 6108, formerly registered VH-SBO), stored in the open, was damaged when the pilot of a light aircraft committed suicide by deliberately crashing it nearby. The C-47 was never repaired and was subsequently transferred to the airport fire dump.
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