Aircraft Down [crash] South West - WA
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Aircraft Down [crash] South West - WA
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa...w-plane-crash/
Hope for a speedy recovery.
Anyone know what type of aircraft it is?
Hope for a speedy recovery.
Anyone know what type of aircraft it is?
It was a Beech Staggerwing Cessna Tigermoth contraption. It could have been a homebuilt but it had a radial engine so it may have been a real aeroplane. The pilot walked, that's all that matters. 
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He's a lucky boy in that he found a paddock at Dardanup that wasn't full of monstrous Jarrah mill stumps - or that lovely Staggerwing would be a total write off, and he could have easily been just another aviation fatality.
I trust the aircraft stopped short of that big Jarrah log and that she's repairable.
The pilot is in hospital in a satisfactory condition with chest, collarbone and ankle injuries. I wish him a speedy recovery.
I trust the aircraft stopped short of that big Jarrah log and that she's repairable.
The pilot is in hospital in a satisfactory condition with chest, collarbone and ankle injuries. I wish him a speedy recovery.
Looks like a 'trup' to The Croydon Aircraft Company at Mandeville (NZ) is in order...
I do hope she comes back 'good as new'...
And hope the pilot comes back 'good as new' also.....
Cheers
I do hope she comes back 'good as new'...
And hope the pilot comes back 'good as new' also.....
Cheers
I don't know the current owner, but VH-FNS is (was?) a truly immaculate example of the Staggerwing breed. What a shame...
Looks like a 'trup' to The Croydon Aircraft Company at Mandeville (NZ) is in order...
I do hope she comes back 'good as new'...
And hope the pilot comes back 'good as new' also.....
Cheers
I do hope she comes back 'good as new'...
And hope the pilot comes back 'good as new' also.....
Cheers
Thought they only dealt with Mr de Havilland's finest.
The usual sensationalist/alarmist reporting by local TV.
engine stalled and the aircraft plummeted into a paddock It did no such thing of course. The only way down from an engine failure is a controlled glide - and then fit it into a very small paddock. Which is what you see here. Unfortunately it clipped that log, but it's really a good result from a professional pilot.
There other error was in stating the pilot was very experienced,with 5000hrs A bit more than that - CS is probably one of the most experienced GA pilots in WA and he has 24,000 hrs!
happy days,
engine stalled and the aircraft plummeted into a paddock It did no such thing of course. The only way down from an engine failure is a controlled glide - and then fit it into a very small paddock. Which is what you see here. Unfortunately it clipped that log, but it's really a good result from a professional pilot.
There other error was in stating the pilot was very experienced,with 5000hrs A bit more than that - CS is probably one of the most experienced GA pilots in WA and he has 24,000 hrs!
happy days,
