Multiple mistakes were made before a near miss between two planes carrying 71 people at Albury Airport last year, with a light plane found to have turned in front of a large passenger plane.
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An air traffic controller failed to notice the potential disaster unfolding, with the Australian Transport Safety Bureau finding all involved made errors.
A Piper aircraft operated by the Airline Pilot Academy had flown from Wagga to Albury on a training flight on October 19.
The pilot was only licenced the day before the incident.
The light plane travelled about 110 metres - roughly two-thirds of a football field - horizontally of a Virgin flight from Sydney.
The aircraft were only about 20 metres apart vertically.
The light plane pilot, who was onboard alone, failed to spot the passenger plane after being told by a controller to follow its path.
The pilot didn't tell the controller they couldn't see the aircraft before turning in front of it.
The two Virgin pilots knew other planes were in the area but didn't see the Piper until it was very close.
They immediately took evasive action by initiating a missed approach and doing a wide loop around the airport.
Carolyn Gillard, who was onboard with her family and saw the training plane outside her window said she hoped those involved learned from the incident.
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She was planning on reading the investigation findings.
"There had to be learning from it so that it doesn't happen again," she said.
"It was concerning when it first happened, with all my family onboard.
"Once you get back on the ground, you go 'wow, did that really happen?'."
Those on the Virgin flight weren't told what had occurred.
The air traffic controller was focused on another flight, heading from Albury to Bethanga, immediately before the incident.
Pilot training changes have been made since the incident, focusing on procedures at airports like Albury, including clearance requirements and compliance.
