Date:	Thursday 16 September 1982
Time:	evening
Type:	Socata TB10 Tobago
Owner/operator:	Australian Flying Training School (AFTS)
Registration:	VH-BXC
MSN:	252
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Bankstown (BWU), NSW -   Australia
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Illegal Flight
Departure airport:	Bankstown (BWU/YSBK)
Destination airport:	Bankstown (BWU/YSBK)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Destroyed in ground collision with Piaggio P.166 (c/no 375) VH-CAC and Douglas C-47-DL (c/no 6108) VH-SBO. Late on the evening of the 16th the yet-to-solo student pilot forced entry to the premises of the Tobago's operator and acquired the keys to the aircraft. Air Traffic Controllers (TWR) attempted to contact the aircraft by VHF but heard no reply.

The Tobago became airborne and began making low passes over a domestic property adjacent to a licenced premises at the edge of the airfield, causing patrons to spontaneously evacuate the hotel. After approximately 30 minutes, the aircraft climbed to an estimated altitude of 1,000 feet before commencing a rapid descent under full power.

The aircraft struck the ground in a near vertical angle and exploded at a point illuminated by the headlights of the student pilot's carefully positioned car. The Douglas DC-3 had been the aiming point but a stand of pine trees was hit first and the aircraft crashed short, slid under the DC-3's wing and collided with a Piaggio P166 over which it leapfrogged and finished 60 meters away. The engine was located 6 meters above the ground, stuck in the wall of a hangar over 80 metres from the crash site. The pilot Philip Henryk Wozniak (age 26) was killed. The wreckage of the Tobago and the Piaggio was later dumped elsewhere on the airfield and burned by the field Fire Service.

1. http://www.airwaysmuseum.com
2. http://www.peter2000.co.uk/aviation/tbdata/0251-0300.htm
3. unknown
4. The Age, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Thu, Sep 16, 1982 Page 5
5. The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Wed, Sep 22, 1982, Page 30
6. The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Wed, Feb 09, 1983, Page 14

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
22-Jan-2010 05:55	TB	Updated [Date, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative]
29-Feb-2012 03:48	TB	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Jul-2012 01:37	Anon.	Updated [Narrative]
14-Apr-2014 02:09	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
06-Oct-2014 17:50	TB	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
29-Aug-2018 11:17	Libfan	Updated [Destination airport]
06-Jan-2020 06:54	zyates87	Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative]
23-Apr-2020 11:25	Anon.	Updated [Narrative]
23-Dec-2023 08:18	Libfan	Updated [Narrative]