- Gold Coast Bulletin
- June 23, 2015
Ray Jackson is the male pilot who tragically lost his life in a Northern NSW plane crash.
UPDATE: A WELL-KNOWN Gold Coast teacher has been confirmed by
close friends to have died after crashing an ultralight aircraft near
Byron Bay this morning.
Friends of Ray Jackson said he tragically crashed his plane 300m from the Pacific Motorway west of Byron Bay about 8am.The 59-year-old was transported by helicopter to Gold Coast University Hospital in a serious condition where he later died from his injuries.
Friends and colleagues from the Coomera school say they are reeling from the news and that “he was a top bloke”.
Cycling Olympic gold medallist Sara Carrigan offered her condolences to the family of the teacher she said introduced her to cycling.
Police from Tweed Byron Local Area Command will be working with investigators from Recreational Aviation Australia, and the NSW Police Force’s Aviation Support Branch to determine the cause of the crash.
It is the second serious incident at the airport in three months after two skydivers died when they crashed to the ground after their parachutes became tangled midair.
The scene of an ultralight plane crash near Byron Bay. Photo: David Clark
It was at first believed he had received relatively minor injuries.
About 8am, witnesses say they saw an ultralight drop out of sight near Tyagarah airport, about 10km north of Byron Bay.
The crash site was found about 300m west of the Pacific Highway.
The male pilot, reportedly in his 50s, was treated for suspected fractures and flown to Gold Coast University Hospital where he later died.
The scene of the crash site. Photo: David Clarke
Police from Tweed Byron Local Area Command will be working with investigators from Recreational Aviation Australia, and the NSW Police Force’s Aviation Support Branch to determine the cause of the crash.
It is the second serious incident at the airport in three months after two skydivers died when they crashed to the ground after their parachutes became tangled midair.
| Date: | 23-JUN-2015 |
| Time: | 08:00 |
| Type: | Ultralight |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Near Tyagarah Airport (YTYH), Tyagarah, NSW -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Tyagarah (YTYH) |
The aircraft impacted terrain near the Tyagarah Airport (YTYH), in Tyagarah, New South Wales. The ultralight sustained unreported damage and the sole pilot onboard received serious injuries, of which he later succumbed to.
Sources:
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=177208 http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/a-male-pilot-survives-plane-crash-at-a-byron-airfield/story-fnj94idh-1227410515451
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-23/ultralight-plane-crash-tyagarah-nsw-north-coast/6566590
http://www.northernstar.com.au/news/light-aircraft-crash-tyagarah/2682723/
http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5958685&nseq=4