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Biplane prang at Shellharbour

Old 9th Mar 2024, 06:16
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Biplane prang at Shellharbour

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/...09-p5fb43.html

"A small vintage biplane crashed at a NSW airport, landing upside down on the runway on Saturday.The pilot and passenger, a man and a woman in their 50s, escaped without significant injuries after the plane crash-landed at Shellharbour Airport.

Firefighters were called to the airport in the state’s Illawarra region after 70 litres of plane fuel had spilled onto the runway, Nine News reported.

The passenger was later taken to Shellharbour Hospital in a stable condition."



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Love the traffic cones around the engine…elf and safety gone mad.
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Thinks to self...be very careful undoing straps.
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Old 9th Mar 2024, 07:32
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'ows he managed that on the runway in a taildragger?
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Sheesh, a little bit off centre line!
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Took off as "eight eight zero"
Landed as "zero eight eight".
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Passenger has a few broken teeth. Ouch!
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Devil

And at least 5 Blokes standing (or sitting, possibly, in one instance) around, along with the Truck, doing precisely nothing!

One, on the far left, appears to be taking a photograph. Either of the A/C involved in the incident or the A/C from which the photo was taken.
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Old 9th Mar 2024, 09:53
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And at least 5 Blokes standing (or sitting, possibly, in one instance) around, along with the Truck, doing precisely nothing!
It fills in the afternoon!
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..... landing upside down on the runway on Saturday.
Had the AH toppled?
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So that's what the upper wing is for!
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Hell of a ground loop!😊

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Just bought if I read the CASA ownership details correctly.
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Old 9th Mar 2024, 19:49
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"landing upside down on the runway"

I think I see the problem. Sometimes bucking convention has its upside down side.

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Must have come from the Northern Hemisphere and didn't reset the AI.
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Old 9th Mar 2024, 22:09
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Originally Posted by Pinky the pilot
And at least 5 Blokes standing (or sitting, possibly, in one instance) around, along with the Truck, doing precisely nothing!

One, on the far left, appears to be taking a photograph. Either of the A/C involved in the incident or the A/C from which the photo was taken.
They are hamstrung until the ATSB advise that they can remove the wreckage.
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Won't be the first Stearman to go end over end due to a stuck brake.
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And at least 5 Blokes standing (or sitting, possibly, in one instance) around, along with the Truck, doing precisely nothing!
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Getting in a bit of practice for upcoming PIA.
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Won't be the first Stearman to go end over end due to a stuck brake.
Sure, but more likely caused by an inexperienced pilot doing a hot wheel landing and trying to slow down with intentional braking.

Someone I knew put a Stearman on its back doing just that before I had a chance to fly it. Of course the pilot will blame a stuck brake in an attempt to save face. If the brakes were stuck on that should have been obvious at takeoff and they don't normally become stuck on in flight.
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There is a mod available to avoid embarrasment.

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