PA31 hit truck at Barwon
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PA31 hit truck at Barwon
Love to see the dashcam footage of this one!!!!
Thought they had stopped using PA31's for meat bombs ages ago???
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Thought they had stopped using PA31's for meat bombs ages ago???
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Love to see the dashcam footage of this one!!!!
Thought they had stopped using PA31's for meat bombs ages ago???
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Thought they had stopped using PA31's for meat bombs ages ago???
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http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/...83d3f1a7a2906c
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All the news articles state "a terrifying near-miss"? - but the PA-31 actually HIT the truck, so how can that be a near-miss??
Once again, a fine example of worthless journalism from writers who don't even have a basic understanding of accident descriptions!
www.dailymercury.com.au - plane clips truck in terrifying near-miss
Once again, a fine example of worthless journalism from writers who don't even have a basic understanding of accident descriptions!
www.dailymercury.com.au - plane clips truck in terrifying near-miss
From Geelong Advertiser on link above: (it lets me open it for some reason)
A PLANE has struck a moving truck on a major road while it attempted to land at the Barwon Heads Airport, Victoria prompting calls from locals for the landing path at the airport to be altered.
The Geelong Advertiser has been told the Piper PA-31 light plane hit a truck on Barwon Heads Rd after it was thrown off course by a strong wind gust on March 29.
Australian Transport Safety Bureau spokesman Daniel O'Malley said the plane hit the truck about 10.15am.
"During final approach the aircraft encountered windshear and became low on approach, subsequently striking a truck travelling on a road outside of the aerodrome," Mr O'Malley said yesterday.
He said the collision left the plane with minor damage to the leg of its landing gear.
A PLANE has struck a moving truck on a major road while it attempted to land at the Barwon Heads Airport, Victoria prompting calls from locals for the landing path at the airport to be altered.
The Geelong Advertiser has been told the Piper PA-31 light plane hit a truck on Barwon Heads Rd after it was thrown off course by a strong wind gust on March 29.
Australian Transport Safety Bureau spokesman Daniel O'Malley said the plane hit the truck about 10.15am.
"During final approach the aircraft encountered windshear and became low on approach, subsequently striking a truck travelling on a road outside of the aerodrome," Mr O'Malley said yesterday.
He said the collision left the plane with minor damage to the leg of its landing gear.
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All the news articles state "a terrifying near-miss"? - but the PA-31 actually HIT the truck, so how can that be a near-miss??
Once again, a fine example of worthless journalism from writers who don't even have a basic understanding of accident descriptions!
Once again, a fine example of worthless journalism from writers who don't even have a basic understanding of accident descriptions!
If the PA-31 nearly missed the truck, then logic would dictate that the PA-31 must surely have hit the truck!
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"prompting calls from locals for the landing path at the airport to be altered"
Indeed, DB.
We should employ these locals to offer an alternative to the dangerous straight in approach......
Indeed, DB.
We should employ these locals to offer an alternative to the dangerous straight in approach......
JQS!! It's already been written off in the NT ( by memory ) rebuild at Archerfield ( new wings off something else ) given a corporate paint scheme by Flight One and then smashed by hail twice, sold and then hit by a truck. What's next
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What's a PA-31???
I know not which.
For the record;
A Pa31 is a Piper Navajo. The Pa31-350 is a Piper Navajo Chieftain.
Final report out. Interesting reading, pilot low on final, solution is to raise flap because he doesn't want to add power and get the turbos hot. This method clearly didn't work for him
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/5773497/ao-2017-040_final.pdf
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/5773497/ao-2017-040_final.pdf
Pretty descent report, apart from this garbage:
Kiwis in on it too!
If you're going low, pull the stick back and then fix the speed (if it changes)!!
The use of power on the approach enables the rate of descent to be adjusted safely over a very wide range.
If you're going low, pull the stick back and then fix the speed (if it changes)!!