Charlie Tango Mayday Call

[g0lfer]

A light aircraft with Charlie Tango as the last two letters of its registration put out a mayday call on Newcastle Aproach frequency at about 1730 Sunday 2 Oct. Pilot was cool and said it was an engine failure, no fuel and was dead stick. He picked a school field for the landing about 7 mile SE of EGNT. Does anyone know if he landed OK?

[Topjet]

Landed ok, minor damage to the aircraft, no injurys to himself. Bet the Wallsend golf course were happy with a C152 landing on it :hmm:

[Barshifter]

g0lfer

Radio Newcastle is reporting that the plane came down in a field near to a Golf Course and that the pilot wasnt seriously injured.

Barshifter

[Taildragger]

Topjet.... If I was in the said C152, I would have said F*%$ the Wallsend Gold Course. I would not be thinking about crashing on a housing estate, say, rather than cause a wee bit of damage to their hallowed turf.

[Paris Dakar]

I live approx 1 mile from where the aircraft came down, and I have to say that the emergency services were on to it straight away.

Well done all, and glad to hear the pilot avoided serious injury. He did a superb job of getting down in what is a heavily populated/built up area.

PD

[airborne_artist]

Crash land pilot avoids children

A 55-year-old pilot escaped injury when he crash landed his aircraft on to a golf course to avoid children playing in a field in North Tyneside.

The Newcastle man got into difficulties on Sunday evening, but managed to steer the plane away from children playing football near houses in Wallsend.

More on BBCi (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/4303618.stm)

[Speedtape]

Cessna 152 G-WACT operated by Blueskies Flying Group based at Eshott. Aircraft seriously damaged. :ugh:
Likely cause - fuel exhaustion. :hmm:

[Maude Charlee]

Heard the report on the news last night. The stupid Aussie bint with the really annoying voice seemed astounded that a pilot could actually crash land an aeroplane and survive. Like nobody has ever actually been taught a PFL. :rolleyes:

[Speedtape]

Well, we're all taught not to run out of fuel as well. In this day and age, accidents caused by fuel mismanagement are really unforgiveable.:rolleyes:

[High Wing Drifter]

WR,

Yes it does, very much so :sad:

[g0lfer]

I am delighted he got out OK. I listened to the event "live" on a transceiver and was very impressed with the pilot's cool manner. I only hope if it ever happens to me I can stay as calm. Well done to the guy - even some of the commercial guys flying at the time were impressed.

[Topjet]

Oh aye, i'd have made the extra effort to go for the golf course :rolleyes:

On a serious note i was being sarcastic regarding the golf course comment and think the pilot did a cracking job of getting it down specially over the area he was in.

[foxmoth]

pilot did a cracking job of getting it down specially over the area he was in.

Don't know the area but it does beg the question - what was he doing there? Isn't this what the alight clear rules are for?
Assuming he was there because he was on the approach, then he should hopefully have been aware of his fuel state after doing rejoin checks in which case he should have kept height, if he was not on the approach he should not have been that low over a built up area. It may be there are mitigating circumstances, but at present it looks rather like bad airmanship!!:uhoh:

[g0lfer]

Cast the first stone why don't you. Do you know the facts? Did he have a fuel leak? Yes it is on the approach and he was at 2500 feet when he radiod the mayday. That is the max altitude in the EGNT zone.

[nouseforaname]

foxmouth. If you can honestly tell me that every time you fly you are always at a safe glide height over built up areas?

These kind of comments really wind me up. "Bad airmanship"...for someone from the sideline to say that this guy who got the plane down, safely, without injuring anyone bar himself (and only minor at that) was a bad pilot is a real chippy comment.

I'm not a shrink but i'd say you are suffering from either little man syndrome or jealousy.

[Speedtape]

Well done for pulling off a forced landing without injuring anyone on the ground. Poor show for allowing the situation to develop in the first place by running out of fuel. This guy ( a tv cameraman for the local TV (Tyne Tees) has been on the telly being hailed as a hero and taking plaudits from the press and from those who witnessed the incident. Little do they know how far from a hero this guy really was :* :yuk:

Edit:
Just seen G-WACT being driven past on the back of a low loader minus the wings on it's way to Carlisle:(

[Topjet]

Hmmmm. Saw it in Blyth next to ASDA heading towards the town centre around 1230 minus wings.

I gather the owners registered address was blyth or something?

[nouseforaname]

I had my first trial lesson in that aircraft when it was at wycombe air centre