Skydiving Aircraft Crash Near Moruya Airport (VH-XAA)

Incident Overview A single-engine aircraft departed Moruya Airport for a local skydiving operation. The flight carried one pilot and eight skydivers. After all eight skydivers exited the aircraft, the pilot was returning to the airfield when the plane crashed in unknown circumstances approximately 2 km north of the airport. The pilot was killed in the accident, and the aircraft was destroyed. The aircraft was owned by Jump Aviation and operated by Skyone Moruya. No further details regarding the specific cause of the crash were provided in the source material. The incident resulted in the total loss of the aircraft and the fatality of the sole remaining occupant.