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By Chris Brown
AN agricultural plane crashed while trying to land on a small airstrip at Mardan last Tuesday.
The pilot walked away uninjured, but the plane was destroyed.
CFA members were on hand to monitor a fuel leak as the plane lay at the bottom of a hill that acts as a runway.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau had been notified of the incident and was waiting for more information late last week.
It is unlikely they will investigate the crash.
Leading senior constable Jeff Stephens said the accident appeared to have happened about 10.30am.
The plane was operated by Super Planes Pty Ltd of Leongatha.
Director Joe McDonald said the aircraft was trying to get back to the strip loaded with fertiliser and fell short of the air strip.
“It was marginal conditions for the aircraft,” he said.
“To land a loaded aircraft on a marginal strip is a feat in itself.”
The pilot, Darren Martin, was taken to hospital where he was given the all clear.
He had returned to work the next day.
Mr Martin is from South Australia and has been working in South Gippsland for three weeks.
He has previous experience in Tasmania on similar terrain.
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By Jane Ross
A 45 minute deluge of rain early on Sunday morning wreaked havoc in Inverloch.
Shops were flooded, roads were awash, the Inverloch Jazz Festival’s main day was cancelled and the library inundated.
South Gippsland Water’s man...
By Brad Lester
SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council has voted unanimously to reallocate $10,000 of its Planning and Building budget to develop a business case for the Port Welshpool Long Jetty.
The jetty was extensively damaged by fire in Janua...
By Matt Dunn
SOUTH Gippsland Water has played down fears raised by environmentalists that drinking water in Meeniyan, Dumbalk, Seaspray and Yarram could be laced with carcinogenic toxins caused by plantation trees.
South Gippsland Water...
A DRAMATIC drop in student numbers at Leongatha Secondary College has been put down to changing demographics and greater competition.
A Star investigation has revealed there are 400 less students at Leongatha Secondary Coll...
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Following the success of the Rotary Epicure at the Christmas Market, Rotary will again showcase some of the best food and drink products from in and around Mirboo North, this time at the March market, in the lead-up to Easter.
Rotary will...
MIRBOO North’s senior football team will be coached by a 23-year-old Leongatha resident in 2010.
Matt Holland was approached to take on the role.
Club president Joe Koene said Holland showed a very good football brain as a...
SANDY POINT’S Kelly Laity is riding a wave of success on her way to the big time. The 13-year-old surfer has all the right moves, recently winning the Victorian Under 16 surfing title as well as placing fourth at last weekend...
SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council believes it would need far more money and resources if it were to become the planning authority for the Bald Hills wind farm.
The idea of it taking that responsibility from the State Government ...
A RESPECTED doctor believes the State Government will most likely concentrate surgery at Wonthaggi Hospital at the expense of Leongatha.
Dr George Owen, an orthopedic surgeon who has operated at Leongatha Memorial Hospital ...
LISTEN to the people.
That was the strong message driven home to South Gippsland councillors during a briefing session on the thorny Ruby Road issue.
Such are the feelings of the Ruby and district community, the Kardella CWA...
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