Pilot fined over falling concrete
Sorry if it's been covered before
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...ne/7140972.stm A pilot has been fined £1,000 after a concrete block fell from his plane and landed near children playing tennis. The one-foot square slab landed in the car park of the Northumberland Lawn Tennis Club in Jesmond, Newcastle, during a flight on 9 May. Alan Gibson of Harpenden, in Hertfordshire, admitted failing to carry out a pre-flight check correctly at Gosforth Magistrates' Court. He was also ordered to pay £715 costs. The block was used to anchor planes. The block fell from a four-seater Piper Cherokee light aircraft which had just left Newcastle Airport. The Civil Aviation Authority and Northumbria Police brought the case to court. |
The original event was covered here:
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...light=concrete I just noticed the story beside "Pilot fined over falling concrete" is " Northern Rock drops from FTSE 100" How appropriate! SD |
Now where is that debate we had about doing pre-flight inspections?
Regards, DFC |
DFC, I though the debate was about whether a one-foot-square slab of concrete was enough to keep an airplane on the ground in strong wind...?
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