Barambah Organics founder Ian Campbell and daughter Hannah die in plane crash
Two people who died in a light plane crash south of Brisbane on Monday have been identified as Queensland businessman Ian Campbell and his daughter Hannah Campbell.
The duo were the only occupants onboard a Beechcraft A36 Bonanza that crashed into a rural property on Musch Road at Chambers Flat near Logan shortly after 11am on Monday.
Ian Campbell, 56, and Hannah, 23, had departed from Brisbane’s Archerfield Airport and were airborne for 18 minutes before the plane crashed, according to FlightRadar24 data.
Locals called Triple Zero after hearing an explosion and seeing black smoke billowing into the air.
Mr Campbell founded the well-known dairy business Barambah Organics with his wife Jane in 2002 after converting his fourth-generation family farm.
The family still part-owns the company.
The Campbells also founded Mañana Pastoral in the Goondiwindi region, producing extra virgin olive oil, grass-fed lamb and beef.
The incident comes as Logan district officer Chief Superintendent Mel Adams appealed for anyone who saw the plane or witnessed the crash to come forward.
Queensland businessman Ian Campbell (pictured) and his daughter Hannah were onboard the light plane that crashed south of Brisbane on Monday
23-year-old Hannah Campbell was killed in the crash
The Beechcraft A36 Bonanza crashed into a rural property near Logan just after 11am
‘It was a very confronting scene, as you can imagine,’ she said.
‘What I would ask is for anybody who heard the aircraft, saw the aircraft in the air before it crashed in the Stockleigh area … [or] for anybody that may have witnessed the aircraft hit the ground – it was close to a roadway, perhaps there is vehicle dashcam or something of that nature – please, as a matter of priority, contact police.’
A local resident who saw the crash said it sounded like the plane was struggling before it hit the ground.
‘It was flying directly over our house, quite low, and it was spluttering so it was clear that there was some engine issues,’ Eldjie Cojocaru told 7News.
‘I saw it bank and it went down, and then I heard a… bang.’
Photos from the scene showed the wreckage of the plane strewn across a blackened paddock.
Three investigators from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau were deployed to the scene.
The Daily Mail has reached out to Barambah Organics and Mañana Pastoral for comment.
