Comanche crash at NZNE
 

It's been pretty quiet about this one.....looks like both lucky to get out unscathed

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Crash landing at Dairy Flat - auckland | Stuff.co.nz

She's all good, a bit of a polish and a touch of schedule 8 an she'll soar like a brick :}

cant wait for our resident crash analysis experts give a report on this one!

The cause is obvious, all three engines have fallen off.

Ha! Indeed. I never realised a twin has so much plumbing up front.
There wasn't much talk about this in the news. That article was "front page" on stuff.co.nz for a bit, but it's pretty rubbish. I had to research what it was (I've never actually seen a PA30) and who operated it myself.

Aaaah, that should buff right out. :}

Well its obvious isn't it?? Judging by the nose down attitude and subsequent separation of the aerofoil from the wing I would say without a doubt it has stalled due to the pilot being unsafe in his training.

I can say this having just gone on my first solo as a freshly minted RAA Pilot :}

Wow, that was kept pretty quiet - I never heard a thing about it.

The article said it must be a pretty experienced pilot to fly that kind of plane so we must be looking at mechanical error.

:}

Wow I never realised when I was flying them that Twin Catastrophes had so many life saving crush zones to absorb impact forces...:E

scrufflefish very funny:ok:

Practicing X winds?? It was about 1 kt at Ardmore at least... It was a perfect day for flying ... well almost :(

As a crash expert I can say this accident was caused by the aircraft crashing, or possibly by an unscheduled underground landing..:}

"Fortunately the pilot was able to detach the engines from the wings just before touchdown thereby preventing any further damage........" (Source - The Kickatinalong Post)

Whiteout and/or mud on the windscreen caused this crash. Clearly.

looks like Piper's entry into the 6 seat glider market is going to be delayed again :}

Is it raining mud there now Zissou!!?? Amazing, I blame climate change

Green Goblin,

Comments like that show you to be an amatuer, or a metro pilot, one of the two... :} Takes one to know one, amatuer that is :ok: :}

And you've got it wrong, my brothers' dry cleaners' auntys' dog was there and it reckons the aircraft just came in waaaaayyy too fast and as the pilot was male, didn't go around...:}

j3

Jeez Piper, it's people like you that ruin this industry with surperfluous gosspip and uninformed facts.

It was a squirrel, not a dog.

A squirrel eh, ah nuts

Hat, coat, door

j3

:} Yep. If you look closely, you can see them on the cabin floor ...

Obviously low flying. See the Moo Poo on the wing and hori stab?
And the cows have all been scared away - not a single cow in sight!!