Cessna 150F, VH-DFD and Cessna 182K, VH-GAC, Bankstown NSW, 14 June 1971

At 1314 hours EST on 14 June, 1971, a Cessna 150F aircraft, registered VH-DFD, and a Cessna 182K aircraft, registered VH-GAC, collided at a height of 1000 feet above ground level whilst on the downwind leg of a circuit of the aerodrome prior to landing on Runway 18 at Bankstown Airport, New South Wales. Both aircraft sustained substantial damage but they remained in flight and under control and each pilot was able to complete a normal landing on Runway 18 without further damage to either aircraft. Both aircraft continued in flight, completed the remainder of the circuit procedure and landed on the 18 direction landing area at Bankstown at 1318 hours and 1319| hours respectively.