NZFF

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2013 8:49 am**

Planes collide at Hamilton Airport
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article....jectid=11145431

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:27 am**

That's good taxi skills lol.

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:28 am**

Tecnam v ZK-WAM
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/...amilton-Airport

Posted: **Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:38 am**

SUBS17 wrote:
QUOTE (SUBS17 @ Oct 24 2013,10:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
That's good taxi skills lol.

Shift Manager, Senior Sergeant Steve Ambler said the pilot had to make an emergency landing and as he did so he crashed into another light aircraft parked to the side of the airstrip.
Mr Ambler said the Cessna was only metres off the ground and seconds into the take-off when the crash happened.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article....jectid=11145431

Posted: **Sat Oct 26, 2013 7:37 am**

HamiltonWest wrote:
QUOTE (HamiltonWest @ Oct 24 2013,10:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Shift Manager, Senior Sergeant Steve Ambler said the pilot had to make an emergency landing and as he did so he crashed into another light aircraft parked to the side of the airstrip.
Mr Ambler said the Cessna was only metres off the ground and seconds into the take-off when the crash happened.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article....jectid=11145431

Which begs the question, since he was running off 25, why he didn't land straight ahead as trained instead of making the 180 turn back as reported.
Will be very interested to read the final incident report on this one.
AFAIK the Tecnam has been written off and the Cessna heavily damaged but repairable.

Posted: **Sat Oct 26, 2013 6:07 pm**

That's a bit unfortunate given how new those Tecnams are. I feel for the guy involved, would be terrible for something like this to happen on your first solo, regardless of whether it was caused by any fault of your own or not.

Posted: **Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:01 pm**

http://www.caa.govt.nz/Weekly_Accident_Rep...28_Oct_2013.pdf

Posted: **Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:46 am**

A very lucky unlucky chap I would say.

Posted: **Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:49 am**

cowpatz wrote:
QUOTE (cowpatz @ Oct 30 2013,10:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
A very lucky unlucky chap I would say.

Digress a little here .. Steve , you don't happen to be driving a 747 around Christchurch this morning ?

Posted: **Wed Oct 30, 2013 4:33 pm**

Unfortunately not as I am no longer on the 747. It is a new Flight instructor doing circuit training. I think there is more tomorrow too and possibly Friday but I think that might be a back up day in case of weather.

Posted: **Wed Oct 30, 2013 4:38 pm**

Quite interesting to watch the procedure , have good photos of the 747 and brilliant video ... and no banging together or crashing into each other .

Posted: **Thu Oct 31, 2013 3:12 pm**

HamiltonWest wrote:
QUOTE (HamiltonWest @ Oct 24 2013,10:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Shift Manager, Senior Sergeant Steve Ambler said the pilot had to make an emergency landing and as he did so he crashed into another light aircraft parked to the side of the airstrip.
Mr Ambler said the Cessna was only metres off the ground and seconds into the take-off when the crash happened.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article....jectid=11145431

Ok so its expensive chocks then lol.

NZFF

Tecnam Collides with Parked Cessna at Hamilton Airport