Tiger Moth accident in Devon

[A and C]

The BBC Devon website is reporting that a Tiger Moth was involved in a forced landing yesterday.

Photos on the website show a very sad looking aircraft but fortunately the pilot only suffered minor injuries.

[India Four Two]

http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/9914/production/_89688193_plane1.jpg

Devon Tiger Moth plane crash pilot injured - BBC News (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-36286504)

[mothminor]

No matter how skilled, a forced landing requires an element of luck.


If you walk away it was a good landing,
If you taxy away it was a bloody good landing.


J.J.

[Mike Flynn]

Pilot OK and the aircraft can be fixed. Good result:ok:

[Fly-by-Wife]

If you taxy away it was a bloody good landing.
And if you can re-use the aeroplane it was a bloody marvellous landing!

[treadigraph]

I suspect that's a fairly recent rebuild - bugger! But it will fly again and our hero walked away. Good news!

[rmac2]

Not sure that the pilot will be so easily fixed, but he is a fighter !

[Genghis the Engineer]

Thank goodness it's not been on the BBC every time I've ended up in a field.

G

[phiggsbroadband]

Maybe if it wasn't painted camouflage hedge-green, it would be more easily seen from above....