A loving husband and father of two, a gentleman held in the highest regard by those who knew him, and a dedicated employee who never said a bad word about anyone, were words used to describe the pilot killed tragically after his plane crashed-landed near Nyngan on Monday.
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Paul Corcoran, 40, had an infectious smile that lit up a room and was a kind and genuine bloke who did anything for anyone, friends of Mr Corcoran told the Daily Liberal yesterday.
A close family friend said Mr Corcoran was a man to whom family was central, and the spin-off from this was that the community benefited from his continuous efforts and contributions.
Whether it be a paving job or work to be done at the preschool ‘Corco’ did it, no fuss, no call for recognition - ever.
Mr Corcoran died when the crop duster he was flying crashed on a property on Pangee Road near
Nyngan about midday on Monday.
Police believe he lost control of the light plane as it banked right for a second dusting over a paddock.
Property workers found his body in the wreckage and contacted police.
Yesterday friends still “shaken” by Mr Corcoran’s death said he was instrumental in establishing Trangie’s long daycare centre for kids, TOTS on Temoin, where he was still a board member.
He was a long-standing committee member of the Macquarie Picnic Race Club, president of Trangie Rugby Union Football Club and part-time coach of Trangie Junior Soccer Club.
Mr Corcoran was also a founding ‘husband’ of the Macquarie Matrons committee with Mel, his wife a founding committee member.
“Really lovely bloke ... the town will miss him, he drank at the pub but never overdid it as he had a serious job,” Trangie Hotel publican Shane Dolton said.
Mr Corcoran worked for aerial spraying and flight training company Rebel Ag.
“His work colleagues are really upset,” Mr Dolton said.
Other friends described Mr Corcoran as “quiet’’, “precise’’ and a “careful guy’’ and expressed their utter shock and grief for Mr Corcoran’s wife and two small children.
Friends said ‘Corco’s’ death would be deeply felt by the small town of Trangie, expressing their feelings that they had lost a good friend and a great member of the community.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is conducting an investigation into the incident.
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