Inflight Engine Fire Parafield

[GyroOz]

Sounds like someone had an interesting experience just now.

MFS: *CFSRES INC058 05/02/11 11:58,RESPOND Aircraft Light,PARAFIELD AIRPORT,KINGS RD,PARAFIELD MAP 71 A 11 TG182,AIRCRAFT INCOMING WITH ENGINE FIRE,1 P.O.B.,SAL329 SAL321
MFS Salisbury SAL329

MFS: AIRCRAFT HAS LANDED, PILOT OUT. ENGINE STILL ON FIRE.
MFS Salisbury SAL329

[PyroTek]

Good to hear that the pilot walked away uninjured (relatively?) at least

[Natit]

Any word on type or who it belongs to?

[aussiefan]

Hopefully VH-TXY!

[D-J]

Hopefully VH-TXY!

Flew txy just the other week, for a 172 it's not bad. Maybe it's just you....

[Jungmeister]

Parafield incident

I just caught the tailend of CH 9's report on the 6 O'Clock news. It was the CAC Boomerang. I think they said smoke in the cockpit before takeoff, pilot shutdown and evacuated unharmed. The aircraft looked OK. I don't know how the TV footage was obtained.

J

[Track5milefinal]

TXY is that back online with DF's fleet?

I'm glad everyone else thinks its a piece of sh!t too!!

[Peter Fanelli]

I'm glad everyone else thinks its a piece of sh!t too!!

Well, it's a 172 innit?

[Sunfish]

Smoke in the cockpit just after take off is an extremely disconcerting feeling.

Ask me how I know this.......

[Peter Fanelli]

You obviously never did any training with TK.

[strim]

Shortly after it departed, saw the Boomering coming back in trailing smoke. Initially thought perhaps it was practicing for airshow display, but obviously not.

[Desert Flower]

You obviously never did any training with TK.

Lol, not only in the cockpit - office too!

DF.

[Schmacko]

Best authority says #12 cylinder screwed as in holed piston vented 60 litres of oil overboard in 12 minutes I would suggest the master rod would have seen better days gets uglier the more you think about it.
The non flying Boomerang will now join a non flying P51 and T6 all in the same hangar...........whatever you do dont go into that hangar

[3 greens beeep]

TXY is that back online with DF's fleet?

I'm glad everyone else thinks its a piece of sh!t too!!

Yes it is. Unfortunately. Wish I'd read this thread before taking it up last week

[TBM-Legend]

Not to mention the metal through the system....

Good job he got her on the ground quickly....

[Jabawocky]

Which Boomerang was it? There were two flying I thought.

[Super Cecil]

Which Boomerang was it? There were two flying I thought.

The one in South Australia

[Jabawocky]

hahahah Cecil

J

You got me

[Super Cecil]

Both Boomerangs that were flying Matt Denning has had a fair bit to do with, isn't he working on another one or two to get flying?

[Pilotette]

This one?