Cirrus down at Bankstown
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Cirrus down at Bankstown
A Cirrus VH-XGR is down at Bankstown 3.40 pm today. Flipped. Pilot, sole occupant, extricated from wreckage, resuscitated and transported to hospital. No idea of his health or the cause at this stage. Flight was from Southport
https://www.9news.com.au/national/light-plane-crash-bankstown-airport-pilot-trapped/530ed032-b2ca-4cfc-b85f-a352b0f2acbf
https://www.fire.nsw.gov.au/incident.php?record=recM9XTFnRU3bDJn9
https://www.9news.com.au/national/light-plane-crash-bankstown-airport-pilot-trapped/530ed032-b2ca-4cfc-b85f-a352b0f2acbf
https://www.fire.nsw.gov.au/incident.php?record=recM9XTFnRU3bDJn9
Last edited by bentleg; 17th Mar 2023 at 09:25.
And the missing port wing!
I saw an SR22 accident in the UK where the aircraft stalled immediately after take-off and then cart-wheeled stbd wingtip to nose to port wingtip to tail before landing the right way up. A cart-wheel could just as easily end up side down.
I saw an SR22 accident in the UK where the aircraft stalled immediately after take-off and then cart-wheeled stbd wingtip to nose to port wingtip to tail before landing the right way up. A cart-wheel could just as easily end up side down.
I could imagine a wingdrop stall in the flare or during a poorly executed go around could end up upside down. There's also a video on Youtube of a Cirrus suffering a loss of control on landing after encountering wake turbulence from a preceding helicopter.
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Pure speculation at this stage. A flip as seen in pix could be caused by a fast wheelbarrow landing that wandered off onto the grass.. Witness reports may be interesting.
That is very similar to what happened. I hope the pilot recovers after the initial reports.
The Grob 115 G2s at CSWAFC used to have a similar bite and there were a few 'go-round' accidents that ended up in a mess cartwheeling. It usually was the result of sudden application of power with little to no rudder input, the short rudder arm and relatively high power combined with low speed meant it yawed and rolled savagely and in the process a wing strike was highly likely with then a spectacular return to earth. Luckily those things were built like formula one crash cells so only minor injuries at worst.
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From the OP's link, gusting wind mentioned and that wind was "blowing".
A pilot who witnessed the crash said it all happened very quickly.
"I saw three planes all coming in to land then one tipped violently to the left and before i knew it was on the ground," Adam, a fellow pilot, said.
"I saw three planes all coming in to land then one tipped violently to the left and before i knew it was on the ground," Adam, a fellow pilot, said.
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From an eye witness I chatted with on another forum, the aircraft had a tail strike on landing, pitched up steeply and climbed to about fifty feet, then stalled. Ten points to Grifindor for working out what happened there. My wild take on it, unstable approach, messed up go around. Even though the stats don't necessarily show it, I still have a sneaking suspicion that some people fly a Cirrus in the hope that its 'safety features' will make up for lack of confidence in their abilities. Classic example is the pilot that recently had and engine failure at 10,000 feet, got to 2000 feet and pulled the 'chute handle ("as per the PoH" - WTF? - which didn't work), and still pulled off an OK forced landing (well done, dude). Why on earth would you go for the CAPS option rather than a controlled forced landing? (ooops, sorry, PoH said ...).
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Popping a parachute comes with no guarantees either…. providing it pops!
As soon as you start that sequence, there is no going back to being an aeroplane again.
As soon as you start that sequence, there is no going back to being an aeroplane again.