A preliminary report from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) reveals that a Cessna 150 light aircraft crashed in Parwan, Victoria, on October 22, killing 20-year-old pilot Jack Miller. Witnesses reported strong, gusty winds on the day of the accident.
A preliminary Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) report into a fatal plane crash in Parwan has revealed it was a 'gusty and windy' day. Jack Miller, 20, died shortly after take-off after the Cessna 150 light aircraft crashed into a paddock near the Bacchus Marsh aerodrome on October 22.ATSB examined the wreckage and found no evidence of pre-impact defects with the flights controls or structure. Their investigation continues.
Witnesses say there were strong, gusty winds on the day a light plane 'pitched steeply upwards' then entered a vertical dive, killing a 20-year-old pilot at Parwan in Victoria. Jack Miller, 20, from Seaford died soon after take-off when his Cessna 150 crashed into a paddock near the Bacchus Marsh aerodrome on October 22.An Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) preliminary report on the accident revealed a flight instructor at the airfield had cancelled a student's flight that day due to the 'increasingly gusty conditions'.Witnesses said after the plane pitched upwards, the left wing dropped rapidly, and the aircraft then 'entered a vertical descent', rotating approximately 270 degrees before hitting the ground. ATSB examined the wreckage and found no evidence of pre-impact defects with the flights controls or structure and there were no known defects documented on the aircraft maintenance release. Mr Miller held a recreational pilot licence and joined the Bacchus Marsh Aero Club in August 2024, and had about 184 hours of total aeronautical experience, of which 3.8 hours were in a Cessna 150 aircraft. The Bacchus Marsh Aerodrome is owned by Moorabool Shire Council and is operated by Bacchus Marsh Aerodrome Management (BMAM)
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