Storm Gust at Bankstown
 

Hi Ppruners,

Not @ YSBK this afternoon (too warm for me :}), but heard from a mate that the yellow foxbat didn't get tied down fast enough this afternoon and got flipped in a large gust :eek:. Anyone able to verify and/or confirm any other damage?

Cheers

Yep, can confirm it. Happened between taxiway lima and mike. Flipped backwards and sidewards onto its back, damaged both wings, fin and struts and snapped one of the 3 prop blades near the root. Fuel leaking so a team flipped it back over and wheeled it over to the AAS hanger. Looks like a write off... Wanted to get some pics but was busy securing my own aircraft...

Was quite a nasty storm...

Oh, and I was told that it was tied down, but pulled up its pegs...

Soar aviation aircraft?

That's the problem with these aircraft with sub-30 knot stall speeds... It takes a lot less than that to flip them over!

Bankstown storm 1980.
 

Operated an AC690B from Bankstown in 1980, it too was a victim of an intense gust when parked near the old TAFE hangar, spun 90 degrees and hit a hangar door, door dislodged and smashed a windscreen as well as skin damage..

Wind gusts across the Sydney Basin.
Camden 50knots.
Bankstown 60knots.
Sydney 74knots.

Pic here
https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...e1&oe=5746A826

Lucky that little dinky toy didn't land on a real Aeroplane.....:sad:

the gusts blew the door off some hangars as well, so its not surprising some aircraft went over..

And looking at the photo, it appears one of the real aircraft (PA28) on the left hand side of the photo has been turned 90 degrees.

BPA, the real aircraft were safely stored in hangars.