Rough NSW Flight Ends in Trees and Injury

Rescue workers search the wreckage of a locally chartered Cessna Skylark 2 aircraft which crashed on the outskirts of Sydney, 22 June 2003.SCOTT WEBSTER/Getty Images

A pilot was forced to ditch his light aircraft into trees near a NSW airstrip after deciding to turn back amid rough weather.

The pilot and one passenger suffered serious injuries and the Cessna 172 was extensively damaged in the March incident, and this week Australia’s transport safety watchdog released a report into the crash.