Event Report

Base data

Event code VA-AVI/06980/AUS
Main category Vehicle Accident
Sub category aviation
Event date (UTC) Sun, 30 Nov 2025 05:46:32 +0000
Last update (UTC) Sun, 30 Nov 2025 05:46:32 +0000

Geolocation

Continent Australia - New-Zealand
Country Australia
Administration area State of Victoria
Settlement Wedderburn
Exact location Napperfield Airfield
Open Location Code: 4RM5HJJ7+9V
Size of affected area Local event
Additional events
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Common Alerting Protocol Information

Urgency Past
Certainty Observed
Severity Extreme
Category Transport

Event details

A pilot has died after a mid-air collision with another plane. Emergency services responded to reports of a plane crash about 12.15pm on Sunday near a privately owned airfield in Sydney's southwest. Police were told two light planes had collided mid-air, before one crashed nearby in bushland near Napperfield Airfield, in Wedderburn. Emergency services located the body of the pilot, believed to be the sole occupant of the aircraft. The other plane landed safely at the airfield, and the pilot was uninjured. Officers from Campbelltown City Police Area Command are currently at the location and have secured two crime scenes. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau will take over the investigation into the cause of the crash. Two occupants of a foreign-registered light plane were both killed shortly after taking off from the same airport on Boxing Day, 2022. The amateur-built Glasair aircraft crashed in bushland, sparking a large scrub fire and claiming the lives of pilot Leigh Cunneen, 67, and his passenger, Steve Donoghue.


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Situation update


Casualties

Number of dead: 1 person(s)
Number of injured: 0 person(s)
Number of Affected: 0 person(s)
Number of Rescued/evacuated: 0 person(s)
Number of Missing: 0 person(s)
Number of Infected: 0 person(s)

Event Specific Details


[Vehicle Accident - aviation]
Information about the vehicle concerned
Operated by Private plane
Flight Number (if exists) N/A
Vehicle(s) type, make N/A

Overview map



Risk Analisys

Nearest marine ports There is no known marine port nearby.
Nearest airports There is no known marine port nearby.
Nearest nuclear power plant There is no known nuclear power plant nearby.

Country Information

Code2AU
CodeAUS
NameAustralia
LocalNameAustralia
GovernmentFormConstitutional Monarchy, Federation
ContinentOceania
RegionAustralia and New Zealand
SurfaceArea7741220.00
IndepYear1901
Population18886000
LifeExpectancy79.8
GNP351182.00
GNPOld392911.00
Capital135