drunkensailor
29th Dec 2008, 05:16
TWO people walked away from the wreckage of an air crash today after their seaplane crashed into a paddock 2km from the Dugandan airstrip near Boonah.
The single-engine Lake Buccaneer amphibious plane crashed north-east of the airstrip at 11am.
The two people who were on board sustained minor injuries, including a broken arm, and are being taken to Boonah hospital by ambulance.
Fire crews were working to contain a fuel leak at the crash site.
Greg Neale, a chief flying instructor at the airport, said it would have had to be a forced landing so far from the airstrip.
"As a pilot, my opinion would have to be that something's malfunctioned and he's had to put it down in that clear paddock area because he couldn't reach the airfield," Mr Neale told AAP.
"They haven't got a good glide ratio, those aircraft."
The four-seater aircraft is permanently housed at the airport by a private owner, Mr Neale said.
Two walk away from air crash | The Courier-Mail (http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24852061-952,00.html)
The single-engine Lake Buccaneer amphibious plane crashed north-east of the airstrip at 11am.
The two people who were on board sustained minor injuries, including a broken arm, and are being taken to Boonah hospital by ambulance.
Fire crews were working to contain a fuel leak at the crash site.
Greg Neale, a chief flying instructor at the airport, said it would have had to be a forced landing so far from the airstrip.
"As a pilot, my opinion would have to be that something's malfunctioned and he's had to put it down in that clear paddock area because he couldn't reach the airfield," Mr Neale told AAP.
"They haven't got a good glide ratio, those aircraft."
The four-seater aircraft is permanently housed at the airport by a private owner, Mr Neale said.
Two walk away from air crash | The Courier-Mail (http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24852061-952,00.html)