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Bonniciwah 17th Apr 2014 04:07

Crash at Bacchus Marsh?
 
Aircraft flips while landing at Bacchus Marsh | The Courier

Bonniciwah 17th Apr 2014 04:45

Good news, the couple in the plane were apparently uninjured. It was a homebuilt, but not sure what kind.

News | Aircraft flips while landing at Bacchus Marsh

Mick.B 17th Apr 2014 05:30

How does one flip an aircraft on a perfect day like this.

solowflyer 17th Apr 2014 05:40

With very little grace I imagine.

Bonniciwah 17th Apr 2014 06:29

The aircraft is a Questair Venture - looks a most unlikely aircraft to flip nose over.

TOUCH-AND-GO 17th Apr 2014 06:30




How does one flip an aircraft on a perfect day like this
Excessive braking.? :eek:

truthinbeer 17th Apr 2014 08:39

Bugga indeed. What a pity, it is a very tidy looking a/c.

Two_dogs 17th Apr 2014 10:13

Was .........


jamsquat 17th Apr 2014 10:29

I think this bloke made two attempts to land today at Tyabb before giving up and going home (Obviously back to Bacchus Marsh!) What a shame, it looked quite a handfull!

VH-XXX 17th Apr 2014 11:37

It was a beautiful today out today including Tyabb, barely a knot or three of wind and ossibly straight down the runway so something must have been wrong to not land at Tyabb.

I wonder if that type is a handful. I think I recall reading it was designed by an Airbus engineer.


'Chipper' said the plane flipped due to a bad landing.

"The plane is r**ted, but they're OK," he said.
I think there is a 'Chipper' at every small airport :-)

kaz3g 17th Apr 2014 12:10

Probably just me...

He and his wife built it. It was his maiden flight in it. But they went on that flight together.

Even if it wasn't the test flight and someone else had flown off the 30 hours, wouldn't it be sensible to do a solo familiarisation first?

Just sayin'.

Kaz

jabiroo 17th Apr 2014 12:25

Anyone have any further details on what happened? Interested to know how they got out etc. Surely it wasn't his first flight in it?


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