The Australian Transport Safety Board (ATSB) has released the investigation report into a recreational aircraft that flew into a ferris wheel.
The incident occured in October 2011 when Sierra 200 24-7634 after a go-around from the Old Bar airstrip near Taree. The ferris wheel was set up to the left of the runway 17 extended centre line for a local festival.
According to the ATSB, the contributing factors went deep into the administration of Recreational Aviation Australia (RA-Aus) and also showed the pilot had not been adequately trained.
"While conducting a go-around from runway 17 at the Old Bar Airstrip, the pilot inadvertently allowed the Morgan Aero Works Cheetah Sierra 200 aircraft to diverge to the left of the runway centreline and collide with a ferris wheel amusement ride that was located to the south of the airstrip," the investigation report states.
"The pilot of the ... aircraft did not possess the required competencies to exercise the privileges of a Recreational Aviation Australia Incorporated private pilot certificate.
"The training provided to the pilot did not afford him the opportunity to develop the competencies required to exercise the privileges of the Recreational Aviation Australia Incorporated private pilot certificate."
In conducting the investigation, the ATSB also found that RA-Aus had erroneously registered the aircraft in the 24 category, requiring a number of Sierra 200s to be de-registered and re-registered in the 19 category.
The full report into the crash is available on the ATSB website.