zanthrus
23rd Sep 2016, 08:25
2 seater crash at Merredin in Xwinds Thursday 22/9.
No Cookies | Perth Now (http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/plane-crash-lands-at-merredin-airport-east-of-perth/news-story/3dbf7f62456c0344cefd756bc8f48933)
Any info? Grob?
onetrack
24th Sep 2016, 06:52
Yes, correct. Grob trainer involved in heavy landing, with resultant "substantial" damage to aircraft. Pilot uninjured. Reported as caused by "caught in a crosswind gust".
Doesn't appear to have resulted in an ATSB investigation, and I cannot find any record of registration of the aircraft involved.
Not the first Grob to have been banged up at Merredin. The Chinese are learning on them, after all. I think there's been at least 5 Grobs banged up there, over the last decade or so. The poor old Grobs take a hammering.
VH- (unknown) - 08/10/05 - prop strike on runway
VH-ZIV - 11/10/13 - heavy landing, nose gear collapse
VH-BFW - 04/02/14 - stalled on go-around, crashed, substantial damage
Pilot survives Merredin plane crash (http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/pilot-survives-merredin-plane-crash-20140204-31yck.html)
VH-ZTO - found this 2007 pic of ZTO "damaged after crash landing, Merredin" - but I can find no crash report, nor any investigation report?
Aircraft VH-ZTO (1995 Grob G-115C2 C/N 82055/C2) Photo by Dawei Sun (Photo ID: AC299146) (http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000299146.html)