FlyingVizsla Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 From the ABC News A light plane has crashed near Toodyay, east of Perth. Fire and ambulance crews are at the scene, which authorities say is east of Coondle in WA's Wheatbelt. One person was on board the plane and is being treated by St John ambulance staff. The extent of the person's injuries is not yet known. It is believed the aircraft crashed in a paddock about 8:00am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdseye Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 And from our local rag: The pilot of a glider has been injured in a crash near Toodyay. Emergency services rushed to the scene in Coondle, north of Toodyay. The 48-year-old pilot has been taken to hospital in a serious condition. There are reports the pilot called 000 to raise the alarm. The glider may have hit power lines before crashing. It is accompanied by a photo of a buggered trike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingVizsla Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 An update: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-30/light-plane-crashes-in-toodyay/6433260 An ultra light plane has crashed near Toodyay, east of Perth, with its pilot taken to hospital after calling police. The light aircraft crashed in a paddock off Hall Road in Nunile, in WA's Wheatbelt, before 7:40am, police said. The 48-year-old male was taken to Northam Hospital in a serious condition, authorities said, and would be transferred to Royal Perth Hospital by the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Fire and ambulance crews were also called to the scene. Toodyay farmer Frank Panizza, who went to the site of the crash, said he saw the pilot be put into an ambulance. "He's been talking and he's been awake most of the time and he was actually able to make the call to police after he crashed," he said. "There's a large ambulance and police and rescue contingent here and he's being loaded into the ambulance as we speak and he'll be making his way to hospital. "It appears he's hit powerlines. The aircraft is actually only about 30 metres away from the bottom of the powerlines where they go across to the next-door neighbour's paddock." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayavner Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 edit - woops didn't see previous post! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdseye Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Update, better photos. https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/latest/a/27465511/glider-crashes-near-toodyay/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingVizsla Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 The "glider" Picture: Wundowie police Picture: Seven News Story at https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/27465511/light-plane-crashes-near-toodyay/ 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDQDI Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Ouch. Hope he has a speedy recovery. Yet another reminder of the dangers of those invisible wires. I often land in a paddock that has power lines down the edge and it never ceases to amaze me how invisible they are even when you know exactly where they are. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan3111 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Lucky to survive that trike crash there nothing in front to take the impact and a motor driving you into the ground behind . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Lucky to survive that trike crash there nothing in front to take the impact and a motor driving you into the ground behind . Your profile pic shows a plane with engine out the back and just as much in front as the trike ... a trike has the snoot and nose wheel plus a compression strut - about the same as the aircraft you have pictured ;-) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Lucky to survive that trike crash there nothing in front to take the impact and a motor driving you into the ground behind . Complete presumption that you will crash nose first, looks very much like he landed rear first. Hope his injuries aren't permanent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayavner Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 wonder if he hung from the line then dropped on his back straight down? Best wishes for a speedy recovery, and hopefully the full story will come out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Trikes and power lines seem to be going together these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
503 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Lead story on 7 Perth ,I didn't know there was 10,000 trikes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poteroo Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Lead story on 7 Perth ,I didn't know there was 10,000 trikes Actually, this one was a 'glider with an engine'. Investigative reporting! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayavner Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 I guess to the untrained eye, it does look a bit like a hang glider wing with an engine? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 It's an understandable mistake. At least they didn't call it a Cessna. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 The effort that these "reporters" put into checking the background facts of their stories makes one wonder if one should even trust the date printed in the banner. I suppose one should be pleased that this "glider" didn't plummet into the ground as most airplanes do in a crash. I wonder if these reporters during their first lecture in Journalism 101 at an institute of higher learning are given a list of buzz words and cliches to commit to memory for use in various disaster reports. I had another thought ... maybe the engine had stopped. That would make the airplane a glider, wouldn't it? OME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennis45 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Would not make it a glider, it would still be a trike but gliding I had another thought ... maybe the engine had stopped. That would make the airplane a glider, wouldn't it? OME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalph Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Trikes and power lines seem to be going together these days. Grammar Turbs, grammar. "coming together" surely? Dazza! You dozing on the job again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayavner Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 too much jet fuel 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan3111 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Your profile pic shows a plane with engine out the back and just as much in front as the trike ... a trike has the snoot and nose wheel plus a compression strut - about the same as the aircraft you have pictured ;-) Sorry my profile picture is old as cant work out how to change it , that profile aircraft has been retired to make into another project after 14 year of good service . I fly a savannah these days give up pusher aircraft and two strokes as well after 20 year of flying them . Taken the 912 option and tractors for less noise and a bit less risk . Dan 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan3111 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Complete presumption that you will crash nose first, looks very much like he landed rear first.Hope his injuries aren't permanent. I would guess nose first into power line then line caught and slowed aircraft as it pitched up then felt back out of it same thing happened to a local drifter 10 years back . Cheers dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ozzie Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Problem with low inertia every thing else wins when you run into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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