My ex wife started taking flying lessons about the time of our divorce and she got her license shortly before our divorce was final, later that same year.
Yesterday afternoon, she narrowly escaped injury in the aircraft she was piloting when she was forced to make an emergency landing somewhere near Margaret River because of bad weather.
The CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) issued a preliminary report, citing pilot error: She was flying a single engine machine in IFR (instrument flight rating) conditions while only having obtained a VFR (visual flight rating) rating.
The absence of a post-crash fire was likely due to insufficient fuel on board.
No one on the ground was injured.
The photograph below was taken at the scene and shows the extent of damage to her aircraft.
She was very lucky.
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Light aircraft accident
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T1 Terry
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Light aircraft accident
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Re: Light aircraft accident
I have a friend that works at CASA and he said what you didn't put in your version was that the aircraft had also been "tampered with" so I would suggest you RUN while you still can 
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