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Old 25th Oct 2007, 18:27
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Merged:A couple of prangs in Sth Island.

I would have thought someone with a bit more knowledge may have posted on these but FYI it seems there were a couple of prangs in NZ yesterday.

Fortunately everyone involved is ok; a 172 ran off the end of a runway at Omaka and a microlight flipped upside-down at Rangiora. It's been fairly breezy here over the past few days but I'm not sure if that was a factor. The article on the 172 suggests the pilot and/or instructor were trying to land with a significant tail-wind. Given Omaka has some shortish vectors it's unsurprising they ran out of room, sounds like they tried to go-around but were a bit late and clipped the fence. No word about what happened at Rangiora but I gather it may have been one of the microlight club Rans given the colouring.

These links refer:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4250172a11.html
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4250357a11.html
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