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| Date: | Sunday 17 August 2025 |
| Time: | c. 14:20 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | VH-BUN |
| MSN: | 28-23228 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-E2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mona Vale, NSW -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Camden Airfield, NSW (CDU/YSCN) |
| Shellharbour Airport, NSW (WOL/YSHL) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Piper PA-28-140 experienced an engine failure and made a forced landing at the Mona Vale Golf Course, Mona Vale, New South Wales.
The instructor and student pilot were not injured and the aircraft received substantial damage.
Sources:
https://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/two-men-injured-after-light-plane-crashes-on-mona-vale-golf-course/news-story/a1e4ef24416c4161b35e79a2c37fcfa2
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-17/light-plane-crash-lands-sydney-mona-vale-golf-course/105664564
https://www.casa.gov.au/search-centre/aircraft-register?reg=BUN
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/VHBUN/history/20250817/0326Z/YSCN/L%20-33.68472%20151.30650
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/VH-BUN_Piper_PA-28-140_Cherokee_Cruiser_%286822243517%29.jpg (photo)
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 17-Aug-2025 07:39 | Lain Iwakura | Added |
| 17-Aug-2025 07:42 | ASN | Updated [Time, Phase, Embed code, Damage, Category, ] |
| 17-Aug-2025 07:43 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Aug-2025 09:17 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 17-Aug-2025 09:38 | vasilf | Updated [Embed code, ] |
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| 17-Aug-2025 09:54 | vasilf | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 17-Aug-2025 12:35 | Captain Adam | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Aug-2025 12:57 | vasilf | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 17-Aug-2025 17:02 | stefan | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 17-Aug-2025 17:03 | ASN | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 17-Aug-2025 17:11 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Aug-2025 18:23 | vasilf | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 18-Aug-2025 06:21 | ASN | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 18-Aug-2025 12:28 | ASN | Updated [Embed code, ] |
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| 18-Aug-2025 12:39 | ASN | Updated [Embed code, ] |
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