Light Aircraft crash in Hampshire

[silverelise]

BBC reporting two people injured in a Piper PA-22 "crashing into gardens".

BBC News - Two injured as aircraft crashes in Hampshire garden (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11250514)

[DX Wombat]

BBC reporting two people injured in a Cessna No it isn't, the BBC is reporting the correct type - ie Piper PA22. Hope the two on board make a quick recovery.

[ZFT]

Earlier the BBC report did incorrectly state Cessna, obviously now changed.

[DX Wombat]

Sorry Silverelise, I wasn't aware of that. I have to say there is a tendency by some to assume that any small, highwing aircraft is a Cessna so it's good to see the BBC amended an inaccuracy. Any news of the two on board?

[Basil]

A/c details here. (http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=ARHN)

Photo here. (http://www.caa.co.uk/applicationmodules/ginfo/ginfo_photo.aspx?regmark=G-ARHN&imgname=G-ARHN001&imgtype=jpg)

[mary meagher]

Said on our BBC local news this morning that a witness heard no engine noise.....

The photo of the Piper in the garden leads one to think it was in controlled flight rather than a spin, looks reasonably intact. How many times can you crash a Piper and restore it to flying condition? Frequently!

[NutLoose]

seems to have done a good job getting it down.

[footpad6]

The quote below is lifted from the Daily Mail comments section about the report into this incident.
I can forgive little inaccuracies from the journalist on a subject they know little about but the statement below (from someone who should know better), disappoints.


- Concerned flight training school owner, UK, 09/9/2010 21:42
With the regular light aircraft accidents we have been reading about one wonders about the regularity of necessary maintenance checks when an aircraft is not on the public register. Our aircraft on the public register have to meet stringent checks every 50 hours. The 150 hour service is more costly and again the annual costs about £4500. However, these are parmount to safety. We do know of private aircarft owners/groups who "do their own thing" on certain repairs to save money. We would not get away with that, nor would we even think about it, but it is obvious that private clubs/groups are indeed getting away with it. Time the CAA came down on them. There are too many light aircraft accidents making the public, quite rightly, more concerned about private aviation in general.




Read more: Hampshire plane crash: Pilot and passenger left fighting for their lives | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1310550/Hampshire-plane-crash-Pilot-passenger-left-fighting-lives.html#ixzz0z83OLX00)

[A and C]

I have been told by some who work on the hangar floor of two flying schools that can turn an annual check on their own around in a day.

I remarked to a radio engineer on the delapidated state on one of these school's aircraft and he said it was one of the better ones in the fleet!

I can only assume that this "flying school owner" was taking a pop at the LAA and it would also be interesting to see how long he books an aircraft out for when the annual check comes around.

[OwnNav]

Any update on this ?