Just saw the video on Ch10 news, funny, no fuel, and no foam over the wreckage. flight originated in Ballina. whats the range of a loaded Cherokee from Ballina into a 10 kt headwind up the coast?
witness on the ground stated he was a pilot and in the air at the time and heard his mayday call. "he said mayday, and i dont know where i can land" funny how he didnt have a pilots "uniform" on as most from bankstown do, why would you land and come back to the crash scene? if you could find it?
on a positive side, made a successful forced landing in a built up area!
with a healthy serving of luck re powerlines and trees.