Lilydale incident

[gibby]

Category: | Herald Sun

 

Runway was to short

 

 

[turboplanner]

grass was wet

 

 

[turboplanner]

All of the above?

 

 

[Guest Guest]

Too wet too fast more like it!

 

 

[red750]

Interesting that it's a US registered aircraft.

 

 

[gibby]

Interesting that it's a US registered aircraft.

German pilot they said on the newsN1022W (1975 CESSNA 340 owned by SKY WEST AVIATION INC TRUSTEE) Aircraft Registration ✈ FlightAware

 

 

[Sloper]

Well there is a beware of aircraft sign on the road.

 

regards Bruce

 

 

[BirdDog]

Bit of a long trip to get that baby from New Mexico to here!! WOW!

 

 

[zodiacpilot]

Short strip/wet grass............no wonder PIC when interviewed blamed 'brake failure' .

 

 

[Birdseye]

Short strip/wet grass............no wonder PIC when interviewed blamed 'brake failure' .

Probably an ex truck driver, they use that excuse all the time.

 

 

[Phil Perry]

Jeeze - I hope I never get you lot on MY jury. . . . .:-)

 

 

[Guest Guest]

Jeeze - I hope I never get you lot on MY jury. . . . .:-)

Consider yourself guilty in advance!

 

 

[Frankus1aust]

I was there a couple of hours before the incident and just made it to the end of the taxiway, turned around and called it off. Clearly the IFR had arrived. By 1:00 the conditions would have been not much better with maybe a little VMC hole for a sparrow. The strip at YLIL has enough length but not if you are too fast and touching down half way down the strip. Also the conditions suggest the pilot was reluctant to do a go around. We're all experts in hindsight. At least he walked away.

 

 

[kaz3g]

Apparently the long strip is temporarily shortened from 1350 down to 850 due taxiway works.

 

YLIL is on the heavy clay/loams that characterise the Valley. They get greasy when wet and almost bottomless when really wet. It has brought more than one intrepid flyer to grief.

 

Kaz

 

 

[SDQDI]

Well it is a bit late to worry about the pilots feelings it seems he has already taken afence

 

 

[GraemeK]

Well it is a bit late to worry about the pilots feelings it seems he has already taken afence

I like how you slid that one in ...

 

 

[kaz3g]

It's the pilot's fault...he shouldn't have stuck his nose in!

 

Kaz

 

 

[Ron5335]

With kaz3g's enlightenment of the incident, I can now see a current horticulturists report as a

 

requirement for flight plans in and out of airports with grass strips.

 

 

[rankamateur]

With kaz3g's enlightenment of the incident' date=' I can now see a current horticulturists report as arequirement for flight plans in and out of airports with grass strips. [img']https://www.recreationalflying.com/xf_step/upload/uploads/emoticons/064_contract.gif.4983837b32c01bdfc267e17723ebc423.gif[/img]

Be careful making suggestions in jest! It might be a slow week in the office for bright ideas.

 

 

[turboplanner]

Would a casual peek at Notams be reasonable?