"Light" aircraft crashes near Bendigo
 

Early reports, the story linked to says one man had died but ABC news reports that two men were injured. No talk of what kind of aircraft it is yet.


Plane crashes at Huntly | Bendigo Advertiser

Bendigo Advertiser says one dead and two injured, aircraft came down on strip at Huntly

That looks suspiciously like a powerline right above the wreckage.

Power line looks a bit low - perhaps is further away than appears in photo...

TB

In addition to your powers of observation 3X the article states that it clipped power lines although why put a strip in close proximity to power lines is a mystery.

ABC reporting it was a C-172.

One dead after crash near private air strip - Yahoo!7 News

Seems it is VH-TK?

TKA - Navajo ?

TB :sad:

That Ch7 pic makes it look like a twin, but it's a C-172 flipped on what was its roof. There's a few 172 with VH-TK... rego.

I should have elaborated.... the power line is still there. Suggests that it didn't plough through it, otherwise it might have come down with the aircraft.

Seems like it did...

OMG how could anyone survive that (based on the photo)

Nasty stuff

Dont hit me, but I wonder if helmets should be, well not compulsory for light a/c but perhaps be made available. Im not saying the two gents in hospital would not have had such severe head injuries, just putting it out there.

Having had my share of experiences in light a/c, if I was offered one for take off and landing, knowing what I know now, Id put it on. Its not going to hurt.

Have some mates that used to wear helmets in their ultralights without fail but never continued with it. Certainly not a bad idea. There are many that also believe that helmets should be worn in cars too.

Then you'll need the 'neck brace' that you see race car drivers wearing, as sometime ago they figured out that the additional weight of the helmet + high G's isn't good for the poor old neck!

But where does it end??? a nice padded room perhaps? :confused:

TKI

Investigation: AO-2012-140 - Wirestrike -VH-TKI, Cessna 172, near Bagshot, Victoria, 29 October 2012

Man ,that was fast, I'd like to see the RAA move as quickly, it would dispell a huge amount of speculation that follows these incidents
Met

bubblewrap too? :rolleyes:

Like the fcuking dickywhackers that wanted to introduce airbags on motorbikes in the 90's?

Let's face it. If the accident is going to be that severe in a plane to warrant a helmet, you're gonna be pretty well fcuked anyhoo.:cool:

You have to be conscious to extract yourself, help extract others and administer first aid. An otherwise benign knock on the head that renders you unable to extract yourself from a ticking bomb is all it takes

So obviously a helmet will improve survivability of some accidents.
The rotor world has come to accept this, perhaps as it is a more hazardous occupation and one where there are now enough examples to prove the point.

In this case at least two survived the impact. We can speculate if the third survived the impact but was unconcous and unable to extract himself.

The mercy flight crash in Victoria earlier this year, where at least one passenger survived the impact, but later died, perhaps is an instance where helmets could have made a difference.

Remember it may be your passenger that rescues you, wouldn't you like to see them wearing a helmet? http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...ies/thumbs.gif

Mickjoebill

The use of Aircrew Protective Helmets has the function of keeping the person conscious during the immediate post impact period in order to allow evacuation during this critical time where the aircraft catches fire or sinks..

I have two damaged flight helmets, one of which definately saved my life by being able to kick my way out of the inverted wreckage as it was becoming engulfed by fire.

Facile comments such as Makeithappencaptains show a a complete lack of understanding of the use of ppe in this application.

If i had access to a helmet to wear whilst flying into/out of a marginal strip i may just use it, however nothing beats adequate strip length and obstacle clearance. Would helmets have helped here? Hard to say, but they are not to be dismissed out of hand, neither should they be mandated, just considered.

HD