NZFF

Information off teletext.
Light aircraft with 15 on board mishap the nose wheel collapsed on take off from Pauanui about 6.30 pm this evening no injuries.
No further detail available yet.

Plane crashes in Waikato
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/plane-cras...waikato-4480377

Plane crash at Pauanui Aerodrome
http://www.3news.co.nz/Plane-crash-at-Paua...40/Default.aspx

A mate sent me this phone photo:

Good thing they didn't go any further! The nosewheel didn't actually collapse, the angle of the aircraft in the photos is a bit misleading because the ground is sloping. Apparently it was flown out today so obviously no significant damage.

Obvious Pilot Person had it all under control , could have been much worst plopping it into the ocean only seconds away , that,s why you guys get all this training ( FK ,Trolly , Ben) .. this was the abort Carrier Takeoff which will be part off your training in the next couple off months .

I passed through Pauanui Beach airstrip today - there's a nice bit of caution tape marking the hole in the fence where the Trislander went through, but otherwise no sign of any incident.

All they were checking .. media reponse .. bitta tape .... look how famous Mac Gyver got

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article....jectid=10761107

"Eyewitnesses said a group at a skate bowl at the end of the Pauanui Airstrip stood transfixed yesterday as the plane's engines roared in reverse to slow its progress."

... Glad to hear the reverse thrust was working...

Yep, the pilot did a good job to find the reverse.