2010 June - Light plane crashes and explodes at Canley Vale in Sydney's southwest after taking off from Bankstown Airport. Two believed to have died.
2009: October - Light plane crash lands at Bankstown Airport. Pilot uninjured. August - Passenger takes control of light plane after pilot passes out. Plane lands safely at Bankstown Airport.
2008 December - Two light planes collide mid-air, sending one smashing into a house in Casula in Sydney's southwest. Two women, an instructor and trainee pilot killed. Two men in the second plane make successful emergency landing at Bankstown airport.
September - Three die after light plane crashes in rugged terrain in NSW Hunter Valley after leaving Bankstown Airport.
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August - Light plane crash lands at Bankstown Airport. Pilot on training flight uninjured.
February - Light plane makes emergency landing at Bankstown Airport after nose wheel collapses. Two on board uninjured.
January - Landing gear on light plane malfunctions on approach to Bankstown Airport. Two on board uninjured.
2007 December - Light plane on training flight from Bankstown Airport crashes in paddock. Trainee pilot and instructor on board uninjured.
August - Light plane crashes at Bankstown Airport after reported undercarriage problems. Pilot uninjured, passenger suffers minor injuries.
February - Light plane crashes in paddock near Hoxton Park Airport en route from Bathurst to Bankstown Airport after mechanical problems. Pilot, passenger escape injury.
January - Light plane bound for Toowoomba crash lands at Bankstown Airport when landing gear collapses at takeoff. All four on board uninjured.
2006 April - Light plane crashes at Bankstown Airport after hitting the ground upside down at high speed. Pilot killed.
