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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 22, 2019 8:47:34 GMT 12
The Walsh Memorial Scout Flying School is on there at the moment, I hope all are OK Small plane crashes at Matamata Airport22 Jan, 2019 7:15am A small plane has crashed at Matamata Airport. Fire and emergency shift manager Paul Radden said the two seater plane crashed at 8am today. Emergency services were still at the scene. The two occupants were out of the plane but it's unclear on their injury status. One fire appliance has remained at the scene to help clean up a small fuel leak. A police spokeswoman said they were first notified of a plane in trouble at 8.03am before it encountered a "heavy landing". However, other than a bit of fuel leakage from its landing the plane was not seriously damaged and the pilot was able to walk away. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12194140 |
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Post by Brett on Jan 22, 2019 8:59:08 GMT 12
Also reported as a nose-wheel collapse. No-one injured.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 22, 2019 9:14:04 GMT 12
Oh, not a biggie then, phew.
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Post by hardyakka on Jan 22, 2019 9:24:22 GMT 12
Isn't the Walsh Memorial Flying School on at Matamata at the moment?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 22, 2019 9:44:55 GMT 12
Yes it is.
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Post by hardyakka on Jan 22, 2019 10:55:42 GMT 12
Aha! That explains it. Cessna 152 by any chance...?  Pretty common incident actually. No idea about this particular one but the standard process is a bit of a flat or "wheelbarrow" nosewheel-first landing. The plane is going a bit fast so still has flying speed and hops back into the air. Chuck in a couple of bounces and when the student finally tries to end the wild-ride by pushing the plane onto the ground, the nose-leg just gives up. I saw one come very, very close at Hamilton, but haven't witnessed an actual collapse first-hand. Oh well! Now over to the insurance company. Carry on, everyone else. |
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Post by Bruce on Jan 22, 2019 11:58:13 GMT 12
Stuff says its is a "One Seater"... just as well the student was solo then!
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Post by hardyakka on Jan 22, 2019 13:39:21 GMT 12
Stuff says its is a "One Seater"... just as well the student was solo then! There is also a quote " Apparently the emergency services that they have there were on the tarmac in 20 seconds." Last time I landed there, Matamata only had grass runways and manoeuvring areas...  I shouldn't get too hoity-toity about that one as it wasn't from a reporter but was just a quote. Also, I can see how the confusion between "Flying Solo" and "One Seater" might happen. I'm getting more forgiving in my dotage. Outrage is too tiring...  |
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Post by baronbeeza on Jan 22, 2019 13:49:33 GMT 12
I'm getting more forgiving in my dotage. Outrage is too tiring... Don't give up. Being grumpy is fun. |
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Jan 22, 2019 19:14:56 GMT 12
152 or a Tomahawk, they do use Tomahawks there as well. Glad no injuries, I hope the student isn't too shaken up and gets back on the horse as soon as possible.
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Post by baronbeeza on Jan 22, 2019 23:22:30 GMT 12
www.stuff.co.nz/national/110073574/oneseater-plane-crash-during-training-in-matamata A student has crashed a one-seater plane on their first solo flight in Waharoa on Tuesday morning.
Police were called to the crash at an aero school on State Highway 27 shortly after 8am, Waikato police Senior Sergeant Mike Henwood said.
The pilot - understood to be a young female - wasn't injured and was out of the crashed plane by the time police arrived.
Henwood understood there was an aero training camp being held in Matamata.
The student "landed hard, collapsing the front of the aircraft," Matamata-Piako District Council said in a Facebook post.
"Parents have been notified and the student is being supported."
A spokeswoman for New Zealand Aviation said the crash happened at the Walsh Memorial Scout Flying School in Waharoa.
The plane had bounce landed and its nose wheel collapsed, she said.
Besides moderate damage to the aircraft, no other property was badly damaged.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jan 23, 2019 10:19:43 GMT 12
There was an actual forced landing by a solo student in a PA38 at the Wash 20+ years ago.
All survived the experience.
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Post by scrooge on Jan 23, 2019 10:48:12 GMT 12
Engine failure after take off (to refine the description)
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Post by Bruce on Jan 23, 2019 12:04:30 GMT 12
And of course a mid air collision between Airtourer DAC and a Dept of Civil Aviation Seneca (which came off worse) in the 1970s
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