Collision on ground involving a Cessna 172N, VH-PMC, Nulyic Station, 130 km east of Port Hedland Aerodrome, Western Australia, on 23 March 1996

The pilot reported that a recent cyclone had blown a tree branch onto the strip. The branch was lying so that the top of one section was at least two metres above the ground. When he carried out a landing area inspection the pilot did not see the branch. He landed into the rising sun and did not sight the branch until it was too late to avoid it. The branch collided with the left-wing leading edge about a third of a metre in from the tip.