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Showing posts with label Forced Landing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Forced Landing. Show all posts

2008/09/11

Aussie GA-8 Forced Landing



What: Kakadu Air Gippsland GA-8
Where: near Cooinda Australia (Northern Territory)
When: 3pm on Tuesday
Who: Pilot suffers minor injuries.
Why:Engine failure forces landing. Suspected engine failure related to faulty fuel systems.

Last Sunday 5 people walked away from a Barrier Air charter plane that experienced engine failure at 2500 feet and crashed when trying to land on Whitewood Rd, Howard Springs, in Darwin's rural area.

2008/09/04

Forced Landing in Single-engine Piper



What: single-engine four-seat Piper registered to Tri Radial Flyers, of Tiverton en route from T.F. Green Airport to New Hampshire
Where: crashed into some trees at the edge of the Schofield Farm. Rhode Island
When: about 8:30 am Sept 1
Who: pilot Barry Carroll, 58 was uninjured
Why: The plane experienced engine problems at 7,500 feet and the pilot could not make it the five miles back to the airport, so made a forced landing in the Schofield Farm field. On landing the plane’s left wing tip broke off.