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Post by flyjoe180 on Nov 21, 2007 10:03:16 GMT 12
Just got news a Cessna 172 is on its back on the runway at Wellington. Hope everyone is OK.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Nov 21, 2007 10:26:27 GMT 12
Just went down and had a look, lots of people there taking photos etc. The aircraft seems ok, just upside down at the threshold of RWY 34.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Nov 21, 2007 10:34:05 GMT 12
New stravels extremely quickly: Plane flips on Wellington runway
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
BREAKING NEWS: The occupants of a small plane had a lucky escape after their Cessna plane flipped onto its roof at Wellington Airport today.
Inspector Chris Tate, of Wellington police communications, said details were still sketchy, but reports suggested the plane had crashed or caught its wing, and been turned upside down.
Both occupants were able to walk out of the aircraft.
The accident, just before 10.30am, happened at the southern end of the runway.
Mr Tate said as a precaution, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) fire crew had sprayed foam onto the plane, but there had been no suggestion of fire.
Ambulance and the Fire Service were in attendance, and the CAA would investigate the incident, he said.
NZPA www.stuff.co.nz/4283080a10.html |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Nov 21, 2007 11:12:52 GMT 12
No planes are operating at Wellington international airport after a Cessna flipped upside-down on a taxiway beside the runway.
The runway was closed after the small aircraft flipped. The two occupants walked out safely.
Emergency services attended and an airport spokesperson says the plane is now being removed.
The company which owns the Cessna, Wings over Whales, says the wind may have caught the plane at an odd angle.
The runway will reopen by about 1pm on Wednesday. www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200711211155/wellington_airport_not_operating_after_small_plane_incident
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Post by beagle on Nov 21, 2007 11:34:30 GMT 12
Mr Tate said as a precaution, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) fire crew had sprayed foam onto the plane, but there had been no suggestion of fire. so what does this foam do to an aircraft. From talking to people years ago, this stuff was quite corrosive.  ?? |
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Post by area51 on Nov 21, 2007 13:46:08 GMT 12
The foam was applied due to fuel leaking from the upturned aircraft, according to Airport Company information. Some snaps on my blog www.mrcaviation.blogspot.com/Regards Mike |
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Post by fletcherfu24 on Nov 21, 2007 16:45:56 GMT 12
Must be about the 100th Cessna to flip on its back at Wellington isn't it?
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Post by flyjoe180 on Nov 21, 2007 17:09:15 GMT 12
Mike, keeping those records must be a full time activity for you?
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Post by stu on Nov 21, 2007 18:35:45 GMT 12
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Post by flyjoe180 on Nov 21, 2007 18:42:51 GMT 12
Holy shit!
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Post by flyjoe180 on Nov 21, 2007 18:44:57 GMT 12
Cant' say it was that windy today, but there you go, I suppose freak winds can and do happen. Proper flight control use when taxiing is also a good idea.
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Post by Radialicious on Nov 21, 2007 23:08:32 GMT 12
Wellington is a funny place. I flew from Blenheim to Auckland this afternoon and forecast weather around the country was light and variable winds everywhere - except the capital. We were enroute when airways announced a SPAR on Wellies with winds up to 30 knots. It was a bit hard to believe that such a huge high pressure system could produce so much wind in such a small area. But that is Wellington! There was evidence of a good breeze on the telly tonight.
The weather map today was what looked like a pilots paradise - one isobar circling the whole country. Long may it last!
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Post by rotoruian on Nov 23, 2007 3:52:36 GMT 12
Canadian tourist Sean Wainsteim was planning a peaceful flight over to Kaikoura to watch whales this morning but instead ended upside down on the runway in Wellington when the aircraft he was travelling in flipped whilst taxiing.
Wainsteim and his pilot were the only ones in the Cessna operated by Wings over Whales.
He is a TV director and had his camera out ready to shoot something exciting when it suddenly happened sooner than he had hoped.
The company says its planes are as safe as any other, and believes the crash was probably a freak accident.
Kevin Crooks was watching as the plane went down the runway and could tell it was going to tip over, blaming blustery winds for the incident.
With the runway closed, Wellington airport was shut for about two and a half hours causing delays throughout the country.
Despite today’s ordeal the whale watcher is undeterred.
Wainsteim is planning to try to fly with the very same company again tomorrow.
However, this time the flight will be made with a slightly larger and gruntier plane.
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Post by chinapilot on Dec 2, 2007 12:08:04 GMT 12
Fletcher fu24 wrote Must be about the 100th Cessna to flip on its back at Wellington isn't it?  I can remember a few in the '60s plus the odd Tripacer etc...can't recall the airport being closed for long though, a few guys would go out and turn it back on it's gear and push it off. BTW I am flying RDS out of HK...
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 2, 2007 13:21:58 GMT 12
Welcome to the forum chinapilot!
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