

After the aircraft passed the final approach fix, due to continued deviation, the tower controller instructed the pilot to discontinue the approach. While the initial part of the approach proceeded normally, the aircraft was observed by the Bankstown tower controller to track 0.5 NM (0.9 km) to the south of the required track and this was advised to the pilot. On arrival at Bankstown, the pilot commenced a GPS instrument approach for runway 11C. In the early afternoon of 22 March 2021, a Piper PA‑31P‑350 Mojave aircraft, registered VH-XGW, departed Dubbo Airport, New South Wales (NSW), for a flight conducted under the instrument flight rules to Bankstown Airport, NSW, with one pilot and a crew member on board.
