VH-SGB   Cessna 182A Skylane                            (c/n  51034)

                                    

                                        This was originally VH-CYQ, registered new in Australia in February 1962.  It was damaged
                                        in 1979 and when restored a year later re-emerged as a tail dragger.        Tony Arbon saw it
                                        (above) at Watts Bridge in August 2007  . On 17 December 2012, -SGB hit electrical power
                                        lines that ran alongside a parachute drop zone at Burrum River, Queensland.     The pilot was
                                        planning to attend a Christmas function at the drop zone and was flying to an airstrip located
                                        about 1.5 km to the north. After contacting the power lines, the aircraft was seen to climb and
                                        continue to fly for approximately 500 m before the right wing separated from the aircraft.
                                        The aircraft subsequently impacted the ground and sadly the pilot was fatally injured.