Pilot delayed outlanding decision-low tight circuit, probably stalled, struck fence ground and water trough.

On spray run engine lost power starboard wing struck ground and the aircraft cartwheeled. Fire broke out on impact.

Aircraft hit power lines during go around from one way strip into rising terrain.

VFR aircraft hit radio station transmitter mast while trying to approach airfield in fog.

Propeller blade failed when aircraft IFR in cloud over mountains. Intergranular corrosion on blade front.

Aircraft had descended into trees at 2.5 deg, wings level. No witnesses. Possible VFR pilot in cloud descending.

The wreckage of the aircraft was located on the north-east slope of a ridge in a remote, densely timbered mountainous area. The accident site was virtually on the planned track of the aircraft and there is evidence to indicate that, at the time of initial impact with trees, the aircraft had been on a south-south-westerly heading in gently descending controlled flight with the wings level and at near normal cruising speed.

At approximately 1121 hours Eastern Summer Time on 29 February 1976, Piper PA32- 300 Cherokee Six aircraft registered VH-PGC crashed at a position 5 kilometres west of Merimbula Aerodrome, New South Wales, following structural disintegration in flight. The aircraft was engaged on a private flight from Cooma and was descending en route to Merimbula when the accident occurred. The aircraft was destroyed by aerodynamic and impact forces and the six occupants were killed.

Aircraft crashed into rice crop at high speed in a 30 deg nose down wings level attitude in fog. Cause undertermined.

The pilot commenced aerial spraying operations at about 0620 hours and, by 0920, he had completed four flights. He made no further flights during the day until about 2000 hours when he commenced the first of two flights required to spray a tomato crop. He had previously sprayed this crop on some four occasions during the previous two months. The weather was fine and warm, the wind was calm, there was no cloud and the end of daylight was at 2109 hours.

At approximately 1410 hours Eastern Standard Time on 6 June 1976, a parachutist was fatally injured on impact with the ground near Gatton, Queensland, following a free fall descent and failure of both the main and reserve parachutes to properly deploy.