Jab 4 seater forced landing, Royal National Park

[spinex]

VH-OSM ex Wedderburn so they say. Farcebook link only so far;
https://www.facebook.com/100064718614699/posts/pfbid05AyDXcTGvXE8jJL6GBdLfsJ8wj1btFXTuvCR7ziSeXgkepWvBc3fuJ NWajtjzjCVl/?app=fbl

[KRviator]

Replace the nose gear leg, clean the sand out of the air filter, find out why the fan stopped in the first place and you'd be right to fly it out of there.

Images courtesy of the Westpac Rescue FB page (https://www.facebook.com/lifesaverhelo)
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[spinex]

Just so long as they don't emulate old mate across the dutch...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=idMa4a6eA9M

[KRUSTY 34]

At least it was a beautiful day weather wise?

[thunderbird five]

"Authorities in special uniforms rushed to the scene to stand around while our cameras filmed them."

[spinex]

News article added, doesn't offer much further info. I also pulled up googlearth, seems there really aren't too many other options out there, save for dunking it in the Pacific. Whatever went wrong initially, the pilot seems to have done a creditable job of landing safely. Would have been a difficult call whether to go for the damp, possibly firmer sand next to the water or keep further up. There don't seem to have been many prior tracks to give him a clue as to ground conditions.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/light-plane-makes-emergency-landing-on-beach-south-of-sydney-20240113-p5ex08.html