Hand Job at Parafield
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Hand Job at Parafield
Apparently someone tried to hand prop their cherokee at Parafield and it got away from them. It stopped after chewing into almost the entire fleet of one of the flying schools. The Adelaide Advetiser had a picture of a Seminole with vertical slashes about 150mm apart from the tail cone to the wing root on the Starboard side. Looked like a gutted fish!
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SA airport accident causes $1.5m damage
(from www.abc.net.au)
An accident at Parafield Airport, in Adelaide's northern suburbs tonight has left a massive fuel spill and $1.5 million worth of damage.
A pilot contacted police just after 7:00pm ACST to report that his privately owned plane had crashed into five others.
Police Senior Constable Kylie Walsh says no-one was hurt in the incident and the Bureau of Air Safety will investigate.
"Upon the arrival of police, it became apparent that the pilot had started the plane, and while he was not in it, the plane began taxing down the tarmac," she said.
"The plane taxied for a distance of about 100-metres, and on its way it clipped four other planes, and it finally came to rest when colliding heavily with the fifth plane."
The Metropolitan Fire Service is at the scene to clean up the fuel spill.
(from www.abc.net.au)
An accident at Parafield Airport, in Adelaide's northern suburbs tonight has left a massive fuel spill and $1.5 million worth of damage.
A pilot contacted police just after 7:00pm ACST to report that his privately owned plane had crashed into five others.
Police Senior Constable Kylie Walsh says no-one was hurt in the incident and the Bureau of Air Safety will investigate.
"Upon the arrival of police, it became apparent that the pilot had started the plane, and while he was not in it, the plane began taxing down the tarmac," she said.
"The plane taxied for a distance of about 100-metres, and on its way it clipped four other planes, and it finally came to rest when colliding heavily with the fifth plane."
The Metropolitan Fire Service is at the scene to clean up the fuel spill.
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Glad to hear no one except the insurance was hurt. 
I'd just love to have seen the look on the guys face. You gotta see the funny side of this.
Makes an old aircraft salesman smile, now where did he say he wanted the cheque sent
I'd just love to have seen the look on the guys face. You gotta see the funny side of this.
Makes an old aircraft salesman smile, now where did he say he wanted the cheque sent
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Hilarious stuff!
Once witnessed a turkey prop his Rallye.
It ran over him nearly knocking his block off,but he sprang onto the tail as it belted off across the field gathering speed.
He finally let go as it got airborn but luckily clipped the top wire of a fence and crashed in a ditch.
We p!ssed ourselves laughin' for a week.
Batteries make good prop swingers.
Once witnessed a turkey prop his Rallye.
It ran over him nearly knocking his block off,but he sprang onto the tail as it belted off across the field gathering speed.
He finally let go as it got airborn but luckily clipped the top wire of a fence and crashed in a ditch.
We p!ssed ourselves laughin' for a week.
Batteries make good prop swingers.
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Just caught the arvo news on T.V:
Some doctor from Whyalla has hand stared his Saratoga, which, because it was un-chocked, has taxiied itself down the taxiway and into the University of South Australia fleet, taking out 4 recently refurbished Warriors and a Seminole.
Looks like quite a mess. How he managed to hand-start a Saratoga has got me beat (that's a big engine!)
Some doctor from Whyalla has hand stared his Saratoga, which, because it was un-chocked, has taxiied itself down the taxiway and into the University of South Australia fleet, taking out 4 recently refurbished Warriors and a Seminole.
Looks like quite a mess. How he managed to hand-start a Saratoga has got me beat (that's a big engine!)
This bloke needs a good ppruneing
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Man you got to feel sorry for that poor ba$tard. Could you imagine the report to the insurance company.
"Pilot" Dear sir/madam bla bla bla bla bla
destroyed 5 plains bla.bla.bla......................
"insuarance man" YOU DID WHAT!!!!YOUR F#$&*#NG KIDDING.Sir I can not seem to find a copy of your policy..
"Pilot" Dear sir/madam bla bla bla bla bla
destroyed 5 plains bla.bla.bla......................
"insuarance man" YOU DID WHAT!!!!YOUR F#$&*#NG KIDDING.Sir I can not seem to find a copy of your policy..
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Was it not the same institution which sacked an instructor a few months ago (who's wife had just lost the child she was pregnant with...)
I think someone said KARMA would sort it out
SH*T that is impressive!!!
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I think someone said KARMA would sort it out
SH*T that is impressive!!!
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Let's ignore the tin bashing for a moment and consider what this clown was attempting. It seems a fair bet that his battery was flat, but our hero evidently figures that all will be well if he can get the engine running and the alternator spinning.
Now, let's assume he takes 20 minutes after starting to get airborne. I wonder how much capacity is in the battery? It's night, using lights, radio, nav aids and running the engine at lowish RPM. Toss in an alternator failure even 30 minutes after t/o and how long will the battery power your a/c??? Murphy is always waiting!
Now, let's assume he takes 20 minutes after starting to get airborne. I wonder how much capacity is in the battery? It's night, using lights, radio, nav aids and running the engine at lowish RPM. Toss in an alternator failure even 30 minutes after t/o and how long will the battery power your a/c??? Murphy is always waiting!
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If the batt was flat then there is very little point in 'swinging the prop' as there probably will not be enough charge in the batt to 'excite' the alternator. OK the engine will start(obviously did in this case) but the alternator will not charge the batt, so next stop our hero has to hand swing again. Also as previously mentioned, what if the alternator failed in flight with a dead batt....something to think about!!!
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The Seminole looks totaled from the images on telly, how badly damaged were the other aircraft ?
From memory a start stick costs around $200 bucks weighs about 2 kilos and has enough zap to start almost any ga piston or even small pt6, and beets the hell out of getting your hand chopped off or worse, other similar systems are also available which you can also plug into your aircraft's electrical system via the cigarette lighter to power your systems for around 30 minutes in the event of an electrical failure. Its got me stuffed why there are very few of these around though, aviation used to be so gadget happy.
From memory a start stick costs around $200 bucks weighs about 2 kilos and has enough zap to start almost any ga piston or even small pt6, and beets the hell out of getting your hand chopped off or worse, other similar systems are also available which you can also plug into your aircraft's electrical system via the cigarette lighter to power your systems for around 30 minutes in the event of an electrical failure. Its got me stuffed why there are very few of these around though, aviation used to be so gadget happy.