Fatal accident in Vic 27 June
 

Very said to hear of a plane crash north of Benlla just after 6 PM tonight

Fatal accident in Vic tonight
 

Another fatal in Vic tonight. We are not doing very well in GA or RAA. Last light tonight is at 5:39pm. If it was an unlit or inadequate strip for night-time it would be a b-loody shame given that Shepparton is just a stone's throw away.



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A PILOT has died when his plane crashed on landing in Victoria's north-east.

The plane was attempting to land at a private airstrip at a residence in Boxwood when it clipped the trees and crashed just after 6pm.

A pilot in his 50s was a single occupant in the plane and was returning from Moorabbin airport.

Inspector Ian Geddes said the pilot flew into the private airstrip located on the property and experienced problems when landing.

"A male pilot returning from Moorabbin airport was deceased at the scene," Inspector Geedes said.

"He crashed on landing the plane. The airstrip was located on his property and apparently he flies all the time."

Ambulance Victoria spokesman John Mullen said the accident happened at around 6.12pm.

"The aircraft has come in to land and has clipped some trees, a male in his 50s was deceased at the scene when paramedics arrived," Mr Mullen said.

"There was only one person in the plane, who was landing on his property, when it crashed."

The plane crashed on Benalla-Boundary Rd and Boxwood Rd in Boxwood.

CFA crews attended in a support role to clean up any fuel that may have been spilt.

A full police investigation is underway in relation to the matter.

SR22 apparently

May he RIP. Sad times for GA lately :(

It was a private unlit strip. Minutes from Benalla.

It was very dark last night around Vic.. Not good at all..

Unfortunately the current supermoon was tucked away last night until nearly 11pm. Earlier in the week would have been a different story completely.

Bad light may have played role in fatal plane crash in north-eastern Victoria - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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Bad light played a role all right. Last light at 5.40, was nearly pitch black last night until about 8.50 when the moon started to rise ( behind cloud tho ) Was there any lights at this private strip? If not it would have been a suicide run.. I don't know all the details, but this sounds like a totally avoidable accident..

There will be group of people, family and friends devastated over what could have been an entirely avoidable situation.. My thought are with them.

Got to the chute just a bit too late... Very sad indeed.

Hope the attending fire services were aware of the caps system, there is a first on scene webpage manual for dealing with a damaged Sr20/22 which has the rocket still active.
condolences to those involved

Not trying to be smart or cute, but how does someone first on scene know to look up this manual? Wouldn't most rescue personnel be hard pressed knowing it is a Cirrus and not just a "Cessna"?

That is a very good point FTS. Our local fire brigade has been briefed on the Cirrus in particular, however the point would be that you should treat ALL aircraft as live in terms of a BRS as they could be fitted to many aircraft, RA-Aus in particular as well as even Trikes.

If you're fire brigade is from a non-aviation area nowhere near an aerodrome, the potential is there for them to go barreling on in and have some issues. Some might say that would be unlikely, however in many of these areas you're talking about CFA volunteers whom may not be aware of such equipment.

It's a good topic of discussion.

For VH-FTS. The ATSB has a very comprehensive document on how to respond to an aircraft accident. Info here:
http://atsb.gov.au/media/1538966/civ...idguide_v5.pdf
From experience this is issued to all fire authorities in the country and in most cases forms part of the basic training regime. however its fair to say that a fire service not near a GA airport may well not be current on this. Moorabbin airport has for some time had a highly detailed aircraft information card that is kept at at rendesvous points and circulated to local CFA and MFB units. They used to train the local firies quite often and used a Cirrus as a practical example. The last airport manager was keen to get the card more widely used around australia but don't know how far this went.

Thanks for the info gents, sorry about the thread drift.

Does the SR22 have synthetic vision?

Maybe not that vintage. Hard to see trees even with SVT.

Yeah that's kind of my point, having flown synthetic its easy to get a false sense of security. Line up with a runway and wait for the landing lights to show you what you expect to see. May be way off the mark but I know it is a temptation.

SV does not usually have farm strips in its database. Nor would it have it either.

Met this guy only last week, really nice guy . From memory it had the Avidyne package in it. Spoke about how passengers liked the Cirrus over a 210(?) that he flew as it was modern and a pleasure to fly in.

Always seems weird when someone you know dies ..... doesn't seem quite real.
RIP :(

Looks like it did ...

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