47-year old C150 damaged in Moorabbin accident
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47-year old C150 damaged in Moorabbin accident
VH-RXM - doen't look likely to make it's 50th birthday after this prang: Pair escape injury after single-engine plane crashes at Moorabbin Airport - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)The occupants were more fortunate and walked away. Should be an interesting accident report.
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"Flights have resumed but planes are not using the centre runway where the crash happened. "
Maybe I've been doing it wrong, but I'm pretty sure there isn't a centre runway at MB nowadays! Good to hear those on board walked away.
Maybe I've been doing it wrong, but I'm pretty sure there isn't a centre runway at MB nowadays! Good to hear those on board walked away.
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AFAIK was a TIF being undertaken, yanked too hard, stalled, not enough elevation to recover before ground came rushing at them
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Not sure; at least the need to check that the seat is indeed locked in place by rocking back and forth before starting the engine was strenuously communicated to all student pilots in the 152s of our club, too.
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"AFAIK was a TIF being undertaken, yanked too hard, stalled,"
Giving a TIF person a take off or landing?? "A courageous decision, Prime Minister" More like stupidity on the part of the instructor
Giving a TIF person a take off or landing?? "A courageous decision, Prime Minister" More like stupidity on the part of the instructor
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Looking back on it I swear I nearly crashed a 152 on landing during my TIF at Moorabbin which was my first time in a small aircraft. Shortly after I wondered why on earth the instructor let it go so pear shaped.
That's the problem with a TIF, you want the potential student to get a good experience the first time to entice them to sign up with you, but on the other hand you need to be safe.
That's the problem with a TIF, you want the potential student to get a good experience the first time to entice them to sign up with you, but on the other hand you need to be safe.
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Might it have been the old "Cessna Seat Pin" story, although I thought that was a purely a C172 issue?
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Might it have been the old "Cessna Seat Pin" story, although I thought that was a purely a C172 issue?
Shouldn't happen on a 172 now, there is a free ( last time I looked) kit from Cessna that adds an inertia seatbelt to the base of the seat that bolts to the floor, stopping the P1 seat shooting back. Just look up the current revision as they keep extending the deadline.
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http://www.pprune.org/private-flying...seb07-5r1.html
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Saw the impact yesterday.
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Same thing used to happen on Piper Cherokees, too. And (no connection) the bloody door would come unlatched at 1000'!
Adjusting the seat pitch and rocking back and forth to check positive engagement became part of my pre-start checklist.
Never seen either unwanted event happen on a Bonanza!
Adjusting the seat pitch and rocking back and forth to check positive engagement became part of my pre-start checklist.
Never seen either unwanted event happen on a Bonanza!
Giving a TIF person a take off or landing?? "A courageous decision, Prime Minister" More like stupidity on the part of the instructor
If the instructor allowed the situation to degrade to the point where the aircraft stalled, (if that even is the actual cause) then there's a bigger issue to be dealt with, but there is nothing illegal or stupid about letting a TIF take off.