Mid Air collision in Victoria

[Nigel C]

Originally Posted by Brendon I.

Nigel C,

Maybe Andrew S was referring to details in the 1st post from www.theage.com.au/national/pi...0827-43jm.html

A trainee pilot on his first solo flight died when his plane clipped another aircraft and crashed, barely missing several homes and a school in Melbourne today.

Very sad though.

Brendon I.,

Perhaps he was, however there was no indication as to the age of the pilot, or indeed if he was flying for pleasure or for a possible career.

I stand that it was a fairly general statement for these reasons.

[Tony P]

Wait until you see the picture of thw Warrior.

[Daniel M]

Originally Posted by Tony P

Wait until you see the picture of thw Warrior.

Absolutely unbelievable how they got that thing on the ground. Im trying to find an online pic of the damage to the warrior to post up here...the left section of the elevator basically looks like it has been through a metal muncher. Looks to be great work by the crew of the Warrior to get it down safely.

[Adam P.]

Holy moly...

[Philip Argy]

Originally Posted by Marty H

Plane crashes near Cheltenham house, pilot killedBy staff writers and wires

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Sorry for the bad taste, but couldn't resist noting the unfortunate juxtaposition of the by line with the headline in Marty's earlier quote.

[Tony P]

From Pprune:

[Adam P.]

That the Cherokee kept flying at all, looking at that damage, is quite amazing.

[Lachlan Hare]

It was a terrible thing to witness. I never want to see anything like it in my flying career.

[Patrick Moore]

I know this might be in bad taste, & my condolences to the family of the pilot involved, but is it just me (or am I seeing things, or one image is mirrored), but has anyone noticed that the side damaged for BOTH aircraft seem to be on the same side? i.e. both have damage on the left side of each aircraft. Just something interesting that came up at work today.

[Philip Argy]

I only saw an animated impression on the news last night, but I thought it showed the right wing of the crashed a/c impacting the tailplane of the survivng a/c (which is the only a/c the subject of the photographs below).

The only reports I've read sugested that the crash a/c was doing either a touch and go or a go around and impacted the survival aircraft on its final leg on approach.

Eyewitness accounts and the amateur video taken show the crash aircraft in a non-survivable almost vertical dive, suggesting a total loss of control - perhaps caused by an impact-triggered stall.