Light Aircraft Crash near YBAF

[Ixixly]

Heard about a crash near Archerfield at Greenbank...apparently into a Chook Factory!! Anyone know any more details about it?

Link to story (http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24970886-952,00.html)

[tipsy2]

According to the TV news (cant remember which one) it was a forced landing. Couldn't see any scrapes or scratches on the aircraft (C172) but the reporter (sic) made a big deal about the pilots (instructor) 38th birthday being today.

Well whoopeeeeee:eek:

Got no idea what the engine problem was.

[supercub150]

It was a 172 that suffered an engine failure around Park Ridge. The instructor landed safely in the paddock across the road from park ridge water tower. There was no damage to the aircraft. Congrats to the pilots for bringing it down safely.

[MCKES]

Has anyone got any more information??? PM me

[Jabawocky]

Yes............for once the press have it spot on and some dill on PPRUNE does the ...... seconds from global disaster thing :=

J:rolleyes:

[Blue Sky Baron]

From the Courier Mail article-

"The pair were in the plane when it developed engine problems"

Funny that - I heard that they had both gone out to lunch when the problem developed!!

BSB :ok: :ugh:

[PyroTek]

Ixixly, MCKES:

What else is there to know?
Engine troubles/failure inflight, forced landing into a paddock, and it all turned out better than expected.
I think both pilots were wearing shirts and a headset at the time. possibly socks and shoes too.
Any more info you want??

(If it WAS into a chicken factory, I'd be over there to get my free roast chickens minutes after the crash):ok:

[privateer01]

Least it didn't hit the RSL....:E

[Ixixly]

"They were forced to land in a paddock opposite the Ingham Chicken Factory" Direct quote from the link i put up Minger and oops, sorry, forgot to be more technical "A Force Landing Without Power" my bad.... Still, thanks for being helpful and pointing out those technicalities... Oh and take a chill pill mate.

Pyro, just wondering which school etc, curiosity is all as i did all my CPL training out there and still know a lot of people out there i don't have direct contact with! and the one i do have contact with didn't have any info on it!

And as stated above, Inghams, personally i love their chickens... i wonder if the pair got some freebies for the fun of it?

[puff]

Believe it was VH-LFV - RQAC

[MCKES]

Puff thank-you sir that was all I wanted to know :ok:

[Arm out the window]

Don't be too quick to criticise - there would be quite a few layers in this story. The pilot may try to feather his own nest a bit by selling the tale to the media, maybe make a few buck-bucks. Feeding the chooks, as Joh used to say.

[Horatio Leafblower]

It's time the Moderators laid down the law - no more fowl yolks! :uhoh:

*ducks for cover*

[sms777]

That's a good one Leafy....and i agree:ok:.
Is not it is just great when we can joke about a serious incident that could have been a lot worse. Thanks to all those years of training and good airmanship they managed to save the day, themselves and the aeroplane.
Well done guys! :ok:

PS: Just courious.... Did you manage to score some chicks?....:E

[Torres]

They is an airstrip few of miles to the east of the Water Tower at approx 27° 42' 23" S; 153° 06' 33" E. Guess they couldn't make it.

[Peter Fanelli]

Speaking of nonsensical posting by alleged "experts" I like this one, lifted from a thread on Airwankers.net and referring to the crash of an aircraft due to icing.

I thought that the Oak Lawn crash took place at altitude, not on landing.

[MCKES]

Torres Kagaru is a bit far away as the water tower is an inbound marker so their altitude would have been 1500ft.

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Light Aircraft Crash near YBAF

Wouldn't a "crash" involve bent metal (or plastic) and broken perspex?

From the TV footage, doesn't seem to be much of that in this case.

Looks more like a successful outlanding to me!

Regardless of the cause, well done (!) for the outcome.

Dr :8

[Maloo]

Mckes,

I know the strips that Torres is talking about. They are two almost parallel grass strips which are pointing approximately North-East/south-West which I have seen an ultra-light operate from and are very handy for doing FLWOP practice. They are about five miles east of the Park Ridge Water Tower at the end of Park Ridge Rd and on the east of Chambers Flat Rd.

I agree that Kagaru would have been a strip too far.

Kudos to the pilot for putting it down safely.

[Ando1Bar]

The Logan Reserve strip would have been too far away due to the 15+ knot easterly and most likely out of sight (given the high workload of the pilot at the time). The field next to Park Ridge Water Tower was ideal given the location of the engine failure, many YBAF pilots have already considered it. Logan Reserve would be a great option if departing YBAF to the SE.

[MakeItHappenCaptain]

Maloo, You are thinking of Logan Reserve Strip(s), referred to by Ando. Kagaru is a single N/S strip about 12nm SE from Park Ridge.

[MCKES]

Yes Maloo I know the ones you are talking about now that you say there is a cross strip. I thought torres was talking about Kagaru, as it is listed but the other one (logan reserve) is not as far as I know.

[TheFallGuy]

Yep not too much time, Looked ahead and right, lots of houses, looked left and saw the field, decision made. Able to do basic checks and send mayday. Fortunately no damage to us, A/C or property.:)

[Ixixly]

Good work Fallguy, was good to hear the outcome of it was so positive!

[scardycap]

As a former instructor at this particular aeroclub I say well done. Brings to mind all those PFLWOP used to do with a certain Mr Mitchell. Guess it pays off in the end eh!:ok:

[tipsy2]

So, FallGuy tell us, did you have a good birthday:E

tipsy:ooh:

[Jabawocky]

There are two private strips on adjoining properties at Logan reserve, have flown inand out of the southern one, about 800m long. :ok:

A C210 and a Grumman Tiger live there, not sure about next door.

Are these the ones you speak of?

J

[Torres]

Don't know that the strip I was referring to has a name but a number of years ago it belonged to a fairly well known flying instructor - maybe it still does? It is between Chambers Flat Road and Logan Reserve Road, between Bayes Road and School Road (and not far from my property at Munruben.)

Looked it up on Google Maps - looks like there is also a second airstrip quite close, maybe 15° offset from parallel. Can't be much more than 5 miles from Inghams Chooks?

Where did you put it FallGuy, in the paddocks (used to grow grape vines) behind the old fruit shop on the western side of Beaudesert Road, opposite Inghams?

Well done lad!

There has been a few aircraft parked in this area. About 20 years ago one ended up just off Rosia Road, after failing to recover from low level aeros.