View Full Version : Ag plane down in Traralgon, VIC
0ttoL
12th Aug 2019, 23:40
https://news.cfa.vic.gov.au/-/plane-crash-lands-in-traralgon-paddock
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/600x400/plane_crash_600_400_1__be5d3fe60e11a768ef04dcf8e3f91d68f0e47 4e2.jpg
Squawk7700
13th Aug 2019, 00:04
Better there than half way to New Zealand !!
Cloudee
13th Aug 2019, 09:07
Looks like the rego numbers fell off during the heavy landing.
Kulwin Park
13th Aug 2019, 11:35
That had only just gone through a rebuild in NSW !!!!!!!!!!! To tear the undercarriage off is a mean feat on those! Lucky it had wire strike cutters on its steel legs. VH-TVU from memory
The name is Porter
13th Aug 2019, 12:05
Lucky it didn't catch on fire!
machtuk
13th Aug 2019, 12:22
That thing was going to NZ? That's one very brave lucky driver! -:)
Capt Fathom
13th Aug 2019, 12:29
A Brave driver indeed!
industry insider
13th Aug 2019, 14:49
From the article:
CFA crews are on scene monitoring a gas spill.
I thought they normally ran on coal, must be the low emission version.
The name is Porter
13th Aug 2019, 23:35
A very experienced driver who has done that trip on multiple occasions in those types of aircraft!
The name is Porter
13th Aug 2019, 23:36
Monitoring it from where? The bogged firetruck??
Squawk7700
14th Aug 2019, 12:59
GL must have 9 lives !
Kulwin Park
14th Aug 2019, 13:26
Do they put a ferry fuel tank inside the hopper, or convert the hopper to a ferry fuel tank for a flight like that to NZ?
Do they put a ferry fuel tank inside the hopper, or convert the hopper to a ferry fuel tank for a flight like that to NZ?
Given where it landed there maybe some questions about that
Squawk7700
14th Aug 2019, 21:19
Given where it landed there maybe some questions about that
... and why would that be exactly ?
Engineer_aus
15th Aug 2019, 19:54
The hopper is turned into a fuel tank. There is a conversion that is done.