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[reggie]

Plane hits hangar east of Perth

 

Published: 3:07 pm, Friday, 5 September 2014

 

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

 

4:30pm September 5, 2014

 

Pilot crash lands, gets wedged between two hangars

 

 

The small aircraft is a Mooney M20J.

 

 

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The female pilot of a light plane that crashed into two hangars east of Perth has walked away with only minor injuries.

 

The small aircraft, a Mooney M20J, hit the Northam Airport hangars mid-morning today and leaked fuel.

 

Parts of the airport have been evacuated and the airspace around it has been restricted due to the spilled fuel.

 

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said the collision occurred during the initial climb after a touch-and-go landing.

 

 

The light plane became wedged between two hangars.

 

Police said it appeared the 27-year-old pilot started having trouble controlling the aircraft, which left the runway and became wedged between two hangars.

 

The pilot, who was the only person on board, was taken to Northam Hospital as a precaution.

 

 

Leaked fuel has sparked safety concerns.

 

Emergency services will allow workers to return to the hangars once the area is declared safe.

 

The ATSB said it had launched an investigation into the accident, with a report expected to be released in several months.

 

Witnesses are asked to contact the ATSB on 1800 020 616.

 

 

The collision occurred after a troubled take-off.

 

Additional reporting by AAP.

 

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A light plane has smashed into a hangar at Northam Airport, east of Perth.

 

West Australian police said the small aircraft, possibly a Beechcraft plane, hit the hangar at 10.45am (WST) and was on top of it leaking fuel.

 

The pilot, who was the only person on board, was not injured.

 

The area is being evacuated and emergency services are at the scene.

 

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said it had been informed of the accident and was gathering information to determine whether an investigation should be launched

 

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[red750]

Well I'll be... They didn't call it a Cessna. Who would believe!

 

 

[Old Koreelah]

How in hell did it get into that position (did it drop in backwards?) and what bird laid that egg?

 

 

[pmccarthy]

However it was done, it is the perfect technique for a forced landing in dense forest. No forward velocity at all.

 

 

[rankamateur]

Am I missing something in that last picture?

 

 

[Geoff13]

Am I missing something in that last picture?

Dont tell me that you can't see it.

 

 

[rankamateur]

Thought I had it but it was just a dirty fingermark on my screen!

 

 

[reggie]

Sorry about that, just my incompetence at copying and pasting on the iPad.

 

 

[DonRamsay]

Wings appear to be largely intact but hangar demolished?

 

 

[Old Koreelah]

Wings appear to be largely intact but hangar demolished?

...aircraft are built to a higher standard than hangars.It looks like the right wing hit the roof and the engine rebounded off the egg, punching the left wing sideways into the other building, the right wing coming back down behind its impact point.

I'm trying to relate this to the old "drop an egg off a building without it breaking" challenge.

 

 

[dunlopdangler]

I reckon it was maternal instincts taking over and she wanted to sit and hatch that egg

 

 

[ayavner]

http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2014/aair/ao-2014-148.aspx

[dunlopdangler]

Bugger all right.... just noticed the rego and i've flown that plane

 

 

[Virago]

Got 'em ... right between the hangers!