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American Legend AL3

Training Incident at Dubbo/Wings Out West Airport: American Legend AL3 Minor Crash

  • Status: preliminary
  • Source: ATSB
  • Training flight
  • Light aircraft

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American Legend AL3
  • Occupants Not stated No fatalities recorded
  • Aircraft Minor Damage to the aircraft
  • Phase Landing roll Training flight
  • Investigation Preliminary ATSB

Flight path

Schematic, not to scale

  1. Phase of flight Landing roll Training flight
  2. Accident site Dubbo/Wings Out West Airport, NSW

What happened

On Wednesday, 22 November 2023, an American Legend AL3 aircraft experienced a minor landing accident at Dubbo/Wings Out West Airport (YWOW) in Dubbo, New South Wales during a training flight.

The pilot encountered a crosswind of 5–8 knots during the landing roll and lost directional control. The aircraft pitched over and made contact with the ground nose-first, resulting in minor damage to the propeller and cowling. No injuries were reported.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) was notified of the occurrence and is gathering information about the incident.

Occurrence data

DateWednesday 22 November 2023
AircraftAmerican Legend AL3
FlightTraining
DestinationDubbo/Wings Out West Airport (YWOW)
Phase of flightLanding roll
LocationDubbo/Wings Out West Airport, NSW
DamageMinor
Fatalities0
InvestigationAustralian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB)
StatusPreliminary
Published22 November 2023
Updated29 April 2026