Smithfield Crash
 

Radio 2GB reports a single engine aircraft down in Brennan St. Smithfield.A man,a woman and a dog are all OK.

Well that is a better outcome than I imagined as I clicked on this thread

Plane crash lands in Sydney park

Sounds like a well executed forced landing in the middle of urban sprawl, to me. Good work :D

TV showed a cherokee upside down on a suburban road with most of one wing missing. Overhead powerlines should be progressively replaced with underground. [more for storms, fires and car damage than aircraft though!:ooh:]

I wonder if the pilot was trying for Brenan Park, which is across the road from the crash site depicted on this ABC News article. It looks a lot more attractive for a forced landing than Brenan St!!

Well, at least the Firie's saved on foam! :E

Every news report I have seen has made mention of the dog.

Thank god the dog survived unscathed. Even had footage of the women carrying the dog after the accident.

Great journalism. Still, the missed out the "I heard a bang, I thought it would land on top of me" from someone who turned up later.

But seriously, well done to the pilot for getting it down safely. Great job.

C'mon PPruners - lift your game - close to 8 hours since this prang and the final report with ALL the justifications isn't posted - Keerist - there is a standard to be upheld !!!:uhoh:

I will give you one. Wings ripped apart and no sign of any fuel spill. Hmmm

Sorry seldomfixit, here is a copy of the PPrune report.

Please note that the following report is not from eyewitness accounts, the pilot has not been interviewed nor has the wreckage and aircraft components been examined by any professional with expertise in the area of accident investigation.

The aircraft suffered a catastrophic engine failure shortly after entering cloud. Carby ice then formed reducing power further until fuel exhaustion finally stopped the engine. The plane then impacted the ground whilst trying to turn through 360 degree's and glide back to the departure aerodrome.:ok:

Have i forgotten anything?

If not, next case.

What? No chick chick BOOM girl?:E

Just saw the video on Ch10 news, funny, no fuel, and no foam over the wreckage. flight originated in Ballina. whats the range of a loaded Cherokee from Ballina into a 10 kt headwind up the coast?
witness on the ground stated he was a pilot and in the air at the time and heard his mayday call. "he said mayday, and i dont know where i can land" funny how he didnt have a pilots "uniform" on as most from bankstown do, why would you land and come back to the crash scene? if you could find it?

on a positive side, made a successful forced landing in a built up area! :D:D with a healthy serving of luck re powerlines and trees.

Surely someone must be able to post some METARs?

Reminds me of the urban legend story of a fire chief (in the US of course), commenting about a plane wreckage (unburnt, all walked away) in the background. His comments were along the lines of 'good thing there was no fuel on board, otherwise there might have been a fire'.

Wood/trees/forrests!

UTR

Or a few PPL's dazzling with every 4 letter airfield identifier between the roadway and Ballina

Nah mate, she won't go that far west.:}

But as I said before. Well done to the pilot for getting it down without injuries. This has been a sad week in aviation in oz.

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Just before the crash he made a right-hand orbit at PSP for spacing.

Just saw the Channel 10 footage - not only did they rush out to the crash site but they made sure they were wearing their ASIC :ok:

VH-NRF - a fitting end to a complete heap of sh*t.

Even with fuel on board, that thing was a poor performer. To call it "anaemic" would be an insult to decent haemophiliacs everywhere :rolleyes:

What sort of dog was it :confused::confused:

ATC - ADC .. cool, calm, collected ... 20/10 :D
ACFT - NYJ .. cool, calm, collected ... 20/10 :D

Bravo gents!!! :ok:

Finest tradition ... both sides of the ether! :)

Definitely looks suss on that angle. I was wondering initially, if an unrestrained pooch might have had a hand in the whole deal? Who carries dogs loose in a cabin?
Sounds suspiciously like a great deal of unprofessionalism here... and a large dose of exceptionally good luck.

If I was that couple, I'd currently be out buying all the Lotto tickets I could lay my hands on. They're unlikely to escape a forced landing amongst powerlines, streets and houses, that easily again. :suspect:

Horatio - Reports are, that it was a poodle.

No, this appears to me to be more of case of more ar$e than class. A well-executed forced landing would have seen the aircraft avoid powerlines and end up, upright... not upside down and shredded into 100 pieces scattered along the street.
I'm amazed they walked away. Most upside-down light aircraft end up with headless pilot and pax.

Plane crashes on Sydney street - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)