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Rotor Work 13th Jul 2012 11:40

Incident at Wynyard Airport
 
Emergency landing at Wynyard airport - Local News - News - General - The Advocate

Good Outcome for Friday 13th.. R W
Emergency landing at Wynyard airport


13 Jul, 2012 09:08 PM
A PILOT has made a safe emergency landing at the Wynyard airport just moments ago.
Residents watched the tense moment as the Piper Chieftan inbound from Melbourne, which was experiencing mechanical problems, successfully made the landing.
The pilot had reported problems with the ability to trim the plan on landing.
A large number of police, fire and ambulance vehicles were on the scene.



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FROM EARLIER: EMERGENCY crews are at the Wynyard airport where a plane is having difficulty in landing.
Police are reporting a Piper Chieftan aircraft inbound from Melbourne has reported "mechanical issues".
The wheels of the plane, which is circling the airport, are down but it is having difficulty with "trimming" and can not descend.
Police, ambulance and fire crews are on the scene.
The pilot is in contact with Melbourne air traffic control.

Horatio Leafblower 13th Jul 2012 12:45

Elevator down spring?

MakeItHappenCaptain 13th Jul 2012 14:40

I'd more likely suggest CG issues as these things, besides tending to be rear CG critical when heavy (mains burn rearward) also have a CG shift (.69" rearward from memory?) when gear is extended. Get slow...less effective elevator with pitchy aircraft and panicky pilot....

That or trim runaway? All purely speculation at this stage of course.....

quinnyfly 13th Jul 2012 15:39

Runaway trim or otherwise, glad he made it all the same.

Mr Milk 13th Jul 2012 16:21

Tasfast? What rego anyone?

Jack Ranga 13th Jul 2012 17:34

MYX? The 7000 year old Chieftain with 140,000 hours on the frame

Rotor Work 14th Jul 2012 00:22

Mechanical problems cause airport drama


Update from todays Advocate

BY CAMERON WHITELEY
14 Jul, 2012 12:00 AM
A PILOT was forced to make an emergency landing at Wynyard airport last night after encountering mechanical difficulties with his aircraft.


Concerned onlookers watched nervously as the Tasfast freight service Piper Chieftain, carrying only the pilot on board, circled the Wynyard area for nearly an hour.

The 22-year-old pilot from Victoria, whose name could not be provided, first reported the problems to air traffic control in Melbourne about 8.30pm.

Police said the aircraft was about 60 nautical miles off Wynyard when he realised there were issues with the trim of the aircraft which could jeopardise the landing.

Three police vehicles, five fire service units and three units from the airport responded to the reports and started to put in place a plan for the landing.

"We were able to have communications with the pilot and discuss a landing plan for him and have everyone in position prior to him coming into landing," Tasmania Police Sergeant Mark Forteath said.

"We were told he had 150 litres of fuel on board so we knew that time wasn't such an issue at that particular moment.

"We were able to then tell him to land once when everyone was in position, and he came in for an emergency landing which was excellent."

Sgt Forteath said the pilot had acted well under pressure.

"No one was hurt, the pilot has walked away quite happily and the aircraft wasn't damaged either. It was a really good landing and the pilot should be praised for his efforts," he said.
"He was doing a really good job (during the communications), he was very very calm and doing a brilliant job for the stress that he was under.

Stationair8 14th Jul 2012 05:47

Biggest thing that has happened at Burnie/Wynyard since young Tony(RIP), had the handbrake problem in the **x company vehicle.

Where was the rescue chopper?

22k 14th Jul 2012 08:06

@Jack Ranga,

I am laughing my arse off at the accuracy of your post.

You forgot to mention the 50 wheels ups the thing has had too!!

Haaaaa hahaha. Gold.

porch monkey 14th Jul 2012 11:28

Funny yes, accurate, well, no........ 38 years and 24,000hrs bit closer to the mark:E

jas24zzk 14th Jul 2012 13:36

The hours on these old chiefie's, you'd think there'd be a market for new builds.

tasdevil.f27 14th Jul 2012 13:51

Don't forget the wheels up back in September 2010, I can't remember which rego it was now.

Stationair8 15th Jul 2012 06:05

Sounds like it might be covered under the Piper warranty programme with those hours.

outnabout 15th Jul 2012 07:48

Jack Ranga / Porch Monkey / Stationair et al - :D

That's comedy gold!

While we're on the funny stuff: (note to Mods - slight thread drift alert)
In today's news, the PM has promised that $1 billlion will be spent giving low-paid employees a wage rise.

Betcha my left :mad: that pilots aren't on the list.

jas24zzk 15th Jul 2012 12:13

...nor panel beaters

Old but not bold 15th Jul 2012 22:30

As already mentioned it was a good outcome and all the young tyros can look and learn the causes and how the pilot saved this relic by reading future editions of the FSM :confused: :confused: :confused:

porch monkey 16th Jul 2012 08:12

Jaz, a new build chieftain would cost you more than a caravan. Nobody would buy them.

MakeItHappenCaptain 16th Jul 2012 08:34

Yeah, but just wait until the wing comes of some Somalian relic and a grounding is effected until a SIDs program is developed and enacted...:cool:

Gonna see some panic in the industry then. Why are we still flying 40 year old pieces of crap anyhoo? Like catching an XB Falcon as a taxi, for Chrissake!:rolleyes:

BlatantLiar 16th Jul 2012 08:45

Probably because theres been next to no improvement in fuel efficiency or maintenance costs for light aircraft over the decades. Theres no incentive to outlay capital on new aircraft.

diddly squat 16th Jul 2012 09:46

38 years and 24,000hrs bit closer to the mark

Still young at heart, She still has 26,000 good hours to run in Oz GA :ok:


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