PA-28 lands on road
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As the aircraft was at 90 degrees to the road it is most probable that it landed in a field and finished up overrunning onto the road. As there were not many options around the heavily wooded site, the pilot did a good job of getting it down in a very small space and walking away.
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Ouch! Registration seemed to ring a bell - just had a look at my logbook and memory did serve - I've got quite a few hours in this one, many moons ago. Doesn't look too worse for wear, though. Well done the pilot 
Concur with "well done the pilot" though!
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The Daily Mail has a slightly different/better photograph of the aircraft. Though the BBC does give the better report.
Miraculous escape for pilot after he crash lands on a MAIN ROAD... and walks away without a scratch | Mail Online
Miraculous escape for pilot after he crash lands on a MAIN ROAD... and walks away without a scratch | Mail Online
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Not sure about Wellesbourne. When I was learning at East Midlands Airport, I was sent often up to do three or four solo circuits at a time, which often amounted to 30/50 minutes or more, sometimes extended by orbiting for commercial aircraft movements.
The pilot was quoted as saying "The engine decided it did not want to play anymore, and I remembered my instructor telling me that in such circumstances, simply to find a field......."or words to that effect.
The pilot was quoted as saying "The engine decided it did not want to play anymore, and I remembered my instructor telling me that in such circumstances, simply to find a field......."or words to that effect.
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I don't think an hour of circuits is unusual. I was doing about an hour at a time when I was doing my solo circuits, I think I had about 10-12 hours in my log book at the time. Pretty knackering though, I have to say.
Congratulations to the pilot of G-BXPL, well done!
Congratulations to the pilot of G-BXPL, well done!
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hardly sounds like a pre-flight brief for a solo student
You can hardly expect a word-for-word recital of the pre-solo brief under those circumstances, I think.
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How about the pilot himself?
From the BBC report.
The pilot added he had just taken off.
He said: "I'd just been doing circuits actually, so I'd done six or seven take offs and landings in the previous hour.
He said: "I'd just been doing circuits actually, so I'd done six or seven take offs and landings in the previous hour.
From the BBC report.
Well done to the pilot.
And, for once, I have to say well done to the press for not sensationalising the article with references to 'plummet', 'wreckage', 'infant school' and 'puppy farm'.
And, for once, I have to say well done to the press for not sensationalising the article with references to 'plummet', 'wreckage', 'infant school' and 'puppy farm'.
