Cessna down in Tassie?
 

ABC Tasmania reports Cessna?? crashed at Agfest, 32 year old pilot OK.

Tasmanian pilot escapes light plane crash

• From: AAP
• 20 minutes ago April 30, 2014 4:08PM

A PILOT has escaped uninjured after crashing a light plane near a festival site in northern Tasmania.

The single-engine Cessna crashed on landing near Tasmania's rural festival, Agfest, about 2pm (AEST) on Wednesday.
The 32-year-old pilot lost control, police said, and the plane ploughed through two fences before coming to rest on its roof.
He was not hurt and no passengers were on board.
Agfest, which attracts thousands of visitors, begins on Thursday near the small town of Carrick.


Glad to hear he walked away.

At least he didn't run into a ferris wheel at the festival :ok:

Aircraft pilot loses control on landing at Agfest | The Examiner



Glad no injuries,
VH MKQ,
I had a few hours flying her.


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Fly Safe
Regards
R W

If ya gunna have a crash best do it in a plane with some 'crush' ability unlike those trike contraptions which took the life of a man recently leaving a daughter fatherless sadly:-(


Wmk2

No visible panel or prop damage. Looks like if you carefully turned her back over, you could fly her a few more.

Wal, not to be a pedant but unless her mum has already left us, she's not an orphan.....

Someone needs to say it....

It'll buff out :ok:

First thing to cross my mind. :ok:

'UTR' yeah I know not strictly correct but I think most would get my point.
In fact I think I'll remove that comment, might offend somebody.

Wmk2

Very good comment there Wal re the trike :ok:

I called into Agfest today, I couldn't see the 172,
I had read that the Tasmanian Aero Club were going to have 2 aircraft on display, MKQ landed on wet grass. The pilot has a G A license & R A instructors ticket.

Fly Safe
R W

Update from the Examiner

ATSB probe into Agfest plane crash | The Examiner


ATSB probe into Agfest plane crash

By LUCY POSKITT

May 1, 2014, 12:15 p.m.
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A LIGHT plane crash at Carrick yesterday afternoon will be investigated by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.

The Cessna crashed shortly before 2pm into a paddock at Quercus Rural Youth Park, the home of Agfest.
The Launceston pilot, 32, walked away from the accident.
A spokesman for the ATSB said the investigation had started, and would include interviews with the pilot and examining photos of the aircraft.
``The aircraft touched down and the pilot applied the brakes, however, the aircraft did not decelerate normally,'' he said.
``The aircraft overran the runway, collided with a fence, and the nose landing gear entered a ditch.
``The aircraft rolled over and came to rest inverted. The pilot was uninjured and the aircraft was substantially damaged.''
The report would be released within several months, the ATSB said.
It was previously reported the Civil Aviation Safety Authority would investigate the crash; however, CASA is a regulatory body and will only look at whether any regulatory breaches have occurred after the release of the ATSB report.

Finally some has cottoned on to the fact that ATSB not CASA investigates accidents:ok:

applied the brakes on wet grass? no traction = loss of control, just sayin..

Two Dogs
So how would you actually "carefully turn her back over" without causing further damage? I would be interested to know if there is a way, short of taking the wings and other things off. I was never able to work it out.

30mm of rain the previous day as well, so the ground was bloody wet. Can't say I'd been keen trying to land on a wet potentially boggy grass paddock.

If the ATSB do not investigate a crash/incident then CASA will investigate for regulatory breaches. My understanding is that CASA investigates a lot more incidents than the ATSB! :eek:

Yeppp!, That's about it, see if they can do somebody over for something, after all, you can't have an accident without a criminal offence somewhere. All these criminals must be apprehended at all costs.

To quote a former senior lawyer in CASA:" Pilots and engineers are just criminals who haven't been caught yet".
Tootle pip!!

Seagull,
It was merely an observation of little aparent damage for an aircraft that ended up inverted after a landing accident. I have no idea how one would turn it back over without further damage.

Here you go, quick amendment.

No visible panel or prop damage. Looks like if you could carefully turn her back over, you could fly her a few more.