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First solo flight ends in crash landing
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April 12, 2010 - 11:22AM

A pilot's first solo flight has ended with a crash landing at Sydney's Bankstown Airport.

The solo pilot was not hurt in the incident about 9.30am (AEST) today, a spokeswoman from the Sydney Metro Airport Bankstown said.

"A single engine aircraft has made a heavy landing this morning," she said, and the emergency service plan had been activated.

The pilot's instructor was supervising nearby and when the plane came down heavily he rushed over to the aircraft, leading to incorrect media reports that there were two people on board.

The airport spokeswoman could not say if the pilot was male or female.

A minor fuel leak was being cleaned up by fire brigade officers, she said.

One of the three runways at the airport remains closed.

AAP

The airport spokeswoman could not say if the pilot was male or female.

Does it matter? The important thing is they're ok (though probably in need of a clean pair of undies)! :)

fly
 

And more importantly get back on that horse!

Such info is required so that the appropriate change of underwear can be brought to the crash scene. ;)

bugger..........beaten to the punch line. :D

We all remember our first solo with some level of satisfaction, this poor sod will remember it for all the wrong reasons. I just hope they get back on the horse and ride it, and learn.

J

Isn't someone going to publish the last half dozen TAFs for us?

Someone made a good post on this a while back, I'll have to find it.

Something along the lines:

- Post a picture of the aircraft from airliners.net saying how it looks fine in the picture

- Provide the last dozen weather reports for the area, METAR, TAF, etc

- Comment on how the pilot must have felt and what you would have different if it happened to you

- Comment with your condolences even though you neither know the pilot or are even involved in the industry

- Tell everyone how you "eagerly" await the results from the ATSB

- Post references to as many "similar" incidents that you can find for that aircraft type and for that airfield and draw as many meaningless conclusions that you can between the two

Or comment on how the aeroplane stalled, the Pilot is dangerous and what cowboys we all are.

Miss ya work Planky :cool:

Of course we COULD kick off with theory that it was an unintentional CFIT..... in this case it could have some merit!!!
Back into the saddle mate!

Look's like that's the tail of VH-HCE I can see there.

Pilot makes hard landing at Bankstown Airport - Local News - News | Canterbury-Bankstown Express

There you go Peter:

METAR: DGAA 120400Z 28006KT 9999 SCT010 28/25 Q1008 NOSIG
short-TAF: out of date (68 hours)
long-TAF: DGAA 120330Z 1206/1312 29003KT 9999 SCT010 BKN100 BECMG 1208/1210 23010G20KT SCT013 SCT120 BKN250 TEMPO 1216/1218 TS FEW030CB BECMG 1220/1222 27005KT BKN010 TEMPO 1304/1306 00000KT 5000 BR SCT009 BKN090

Gold GG!

Of course we have OZBUSDRIVER to now replace the Plankmeister...

C'mon OZ, show us a google earth photo...

j3

nahhh, not worth touching...not an airfarce trainee:}

"unintentional CFIT" - hmmmm I think more of a UFIT.

Well, who just pulled a rabbit out of a hat?

Well done, that man! you should be a moderator!

I Remember when HCE almost had it's tail completely severed. THAT was a few years ago :}

TID

does anyone know the flying school

I don't see anything wrong with the first two, unless actual facts are not allowed here?
As long as its one of each.

Hi all,

I provide a feed to LiveATC.net for bankstown tower 132.80. If the circuit training frequency was patched together the audio should be archived on the LiveATC website.

I'm looking for it now. But if anyone else wants to help - feel free. Then cross check the rego to see which school

But in this case there isn't (yet?) video footage of an aircraft stalling it on! :}

No, we must wait for the report... only an accident investigator could possibly understand how such an accident could occur. None of you have the years of training required to analyse the causes of this tragedy, so no further comment is allowed.

Oh, and no condolences!:=

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