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| Date: | Sunday 14 January 2018 |
| Time: | 07:35 LT |
| Type: | Pioneer Flightstar |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | 10-0780 |
| MSN: | 717 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Gindie, south of Emerald, Central Highlands Region, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Emerald (EMD/YEML) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On 14 January 2018, a Pioneer International Flightstar amateur-built aircraft, recreational registration 10-0780, collided with terrain near Emerald, Queensland. The pilot was fatally injured.
Sources:
ATSB OA2018-00051
https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/breaking-fears-one-man-dead-in-central-qld-plane-c/3310056/
https://www.f3nws.com/news/plane-crash-man-killed-as-aircraft-plummets-into-cq-highway-rockhampton-morning-bulletin-yPAEEC?v=180113235518
http://newburghgazette.com/2018/01/14/pilot-dies-after-light-plane-crashes-in-central-queensland/
http://antonakis.co.uk/registers/australia/20140503.txt
Images:
Media:
Police investigating today after 53y/o Emerald local died in this light plane crash on a cattle farm @abcbrisbane pic.twitter.com/bznZG1uZ3d
— Emilia Terzon (@EmiliaTerzon) 14 janvier 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jan-2018 01:49 | Geno | Added |
| 14-Jan-2018 07:45 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Nature, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Jan-2018 09:20 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code, ] |
| 14-Jan-2018 13:56 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Jan-2018 13:59 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 14-Jan-2018 16:47 | Geno | Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Source, ] |
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