Pilot, 56, killed after light plane crashes into wheat field near Toowoomba
The man was reported missing after his glider plane failed to return, with police later finding the wreckage in a wheat field.
A man has died after a light plane crashed into a wheat field near Toowoomba.
A 56-year-old man flying a glider plane was reported missing after failing to return from his flight.
About 6.30pm on Wednesday, officers were called to a wheat field near Wainui Soldiers Rd in Bowenville after reports of a light plane crash.
Upon arrival, emergency services found the man, the sole occupant of the plane, who was declared dead at the scene.
The fatal crash comes only two weeks after two experienced pilots were killed in a similar crash in the same region.
Robert “Bob” Molony and Wayne Saunders, an experienced Aero Logistics pilot and flight examiner, were killed on July 20 after a light plane crashed into a field and burst into flames.
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