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| Date: | Tuesday 16 May 2017 |
| Time: | c. 10:00 |
| Type: |  Monnett Sonerai II L |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | 19-3971 |
| MSN: | V89 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Between Tyalgum and Chillingham west of Murwillumbah, NSW -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Murwillumbah (YMUR), NSW |
| Tyalgum, NSW | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The light aircraft took off from Murwillumbah at around 10:00AM and disappeared into bushland west of Murwillumbah Airstrip. The substantially damaged airplane with the deceased pilot onboard was located on May 18, 2017 near Limpinwood, New South Wales.
Sources:
https://www.9news.com.au/national/2017/05/16/18/16/light-plane-wing-fall-off-murwillumbah-nsw
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/search-for-ultralight-plane-missing-in-northeast-nsw-20170516-gw6bd6.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-16/light-plane-missing-in-northern-nsw/8531354
https://au.news.yahoo.com/murwillumbah-missing-plane-search-continues-35534393.html
http://flysafe.raa.asn.au/admin/aircraft_database_registration.html
https://au.news.yahoo.com/plane-missing-queensland-35541231.html
https://www.9news.com.au/national/2017/05/18/11/18/pilot-murwillumbah-light-plane-dead-wreckage-northern-nsw
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2017 14:30 | Pineapple | Added |
| 16-May-2017 18:08 | Geno | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 17-May-2017 08:06 | Pineapple | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, ] |
| 17-May-2017 10:16 | Chieftain | Updated [Source, ] |
| 17-May-2017 14:25 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ] |
| 18-May-2017 04:27 | Geno | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 18-May-2017 06:26 | harro | Updated [Location, ] |
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