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| Date: | Saturday 27 September 2025 |
| Time: | c. 14:20 LT |
| Type: |  Pilatus PC-6/B2-H2 Turbo-Porter |
| Owner/operator: | Jump Aviation Pty Ltd, opb Skyone |
| Registration: | VH-XAA |
| MSN: | 809 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 km N of Moruya Airport (MYA/YMRY), Moruya, NSW -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Parachuting |
| Departure airport: | Moruya Airport, NSW (MYA/YMRY) |
| Moruya Airport, NSW (MYA/YMRY) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter crashed after dropping eight skydivers about 2 km north of Moruya Airport (MYA/YMRY), Moruya, New South Wales.
The pilot perished and the aircraft was written off.
Sources:
https://7news.com.au/news/breaking/man-dead-after-skydiving-plane-crash-on-nsw-south-coast-c-20160358
https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/news?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGZWJpenByZC5wb2xpY2UubnN3Lmdvdi5hdSUyRm1lZGlhJTJGMTIxMDMzLmh0bWwmYWxsPTE%3D
https://www.casa.gov.au/search-centre/aircraft-register?reg=XAA
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/VHXAA/history/20250927/0351Z/YMRY/L%20-35.87655%20150.13402
History of this aircraft
Ex ZK-MCK, HB-FHO Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 April 1982 | ZK-MCK | Mount Cook Group Ltd | 0 | Tasman Glacier, Mt Cook NP |  |
sub |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2025 06:07 | gerard57 | Added |
| 27-Sep-2025 06:53 | ASN | Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 27-Sep-2025 08:42 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category, ] |
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