Thruster88 Posted October 13 Posted October 13 Extra 300 delivering the Peter Brock trophy to the track landed on mountain straight and hit the wall quite hard with the tail while turning around. I said to wife, they will have to find a parking spot for that but no, it took off with no check. Unbelievable. 2 3 1
Thruster88 Posted October 13 Author Posted October 13 Bathurst 1000 2024 | Bizarre scenes as plane carrying the Peter Brock Trophy hits the wall at Mount Panorama WWW.NINE.COM.AU Despite pilot's extensive experience The crowd that the damaged aircraft took off towards can be seen in the vid. Not sure how this was ever got approved. Not a good look for general aviation. 2 2
Marty_d Posted October 13 Posted October 13 That's a fair old whack. There's no way he didn't know he hit something. 2
Hwansey Posted October 13 Posted October 13 I am genuinely puzzled as to how he has got so old being so bold! Perhaps some others might do as I did and check that footage carefully because I think he actually ground looped. The left wing is low and there’s appears to be full deflection of the rudder at both the wrong time and in opposite direction. 2 1
onetrack Posted October 13 Posted October 13 Did anyone see how close he came to hitting the wall with the wing? I reckon there's only a few centimetres between the wall and the wingtip, just before he clobbered it with the tail.
facthunter Posted October 13 Posted October 13 Lady Luck was with him that time. The paperwork might not be so easy to ignore. Nev 4
F10 Posted October 14 Posted October 14 WHAT WAS THAT?? He smacked that tailplane hard as...pieces fly off....then took off?? Seemed not to even do a control check, although the rudder got some applications. Wonder what he would say if he crashed into the crowd? Or more likely what his family would say? That was pure Hollywood....but for real! 1
facthunter Posted October 14 Posted October 14 Very unprofessional. Flying low around Panorama with wind around would be challenging to say the least. Nev 1
F10 Posted October 14 Posted October 14 That was also not an aircraft type to have used for this...high landing speed and not short field although they get up to Vr pretty quickly due to engine power. Would have been safer for all concerned, if it was a STOL bush plane, in my opinion. 2 1
Moneybox Posted October 14 Posted October 14 Is there any way we can get a bit of audio from the cockpit? ☺️ 1 1
Marty_d Posted October 14 Posted October 14 Let me guess the audio... "This'll be close." *CRUNCH* "Shit! Ah well... she'll be right!" 2 1
RFguy Posted October 14 Posted October 14 (edited) We'll see how dark the ATSB roast him. Can't have been a guy that does any maintenance. Working on planes you realise just how light and thin stuff is made....(skins, ribs, control surfaces) ....and how easy it is for controls to jam. replacing aileron cable and re rigging (wings) from scratch the Piper has taught me to be quite afraid (wary/cautious) of the potential for control surface jams and failures. The Jabiru push pull Teleflex is oh so much simpler and I thinik far less chance of anything going wrong, if you don't mind the slop. (which you get used to) Edited October 14 by RFguy 1
facthunter Posted October 14 Posted October 14 The ends have to be located securely. There's no redundancy. Nev 1
spacesailor Posted October 14 Posted October 14 Hummel use a ' push/pull tube ' , seems very simple . spacesailor 1
Garfly Posted October 14 Posted October 14 Juan's take on Bathurst (the second part of this vid.) 4 1 2
Old Guy Posted October 15 Posted October 15 (edited) I saw this on the weekend and could not believe it. First an incipient ground loop (Note the full left rudder as the aircraft turns towards the wall), then after the wing misses by inches the tail hits with fibreglass flying everywhere. The damage was clearly visible from the helicopter shot as he taxied back. My comment at the time was "Well that aircraft is not going anywhere now"! The plane just wheeled around like nothing had happened and nobody even LOOKED at the damage! He then took off towards a grandstand crowded with spectators! Are you kidding? Aircraft are NOT race cars, they are NOT designed to bang off the side of a concrete wall! They are FRAGILE, built to purpose, they are NOT tractors! The chance of structural failure was unbelievably high! I maintain my own Jabiru, I am building a Zenith, I have a pretty good idea how strong aircraft are built. We can all see for ourselves how people kill themselves in aircraft! Edited October 15 by Old Guy 5 2
spenaroo Posted October 17 Posted October 17 Interesting I haven't heard anything further despite the initial reporting. would have thought CASA would have released a statement about investigation
djpacro Posted October 17 Posted October 17 57 minutes ago, spenaroo said: would have thought CASA would have released a statement about investigation They don’t, ATSB does https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2024/report/ao-2024-052 1
spacesailor Posted October 17 Posted October 17 What does " Q2 25 completion " . Mean. I presume 2025 year , but' Q2 ' . spacesailor
spacesailor Posted October 17 Posted October 17 Makes sense, once you've heard it . thank you red750 . spacesailor
F10 Posted October 18 Posted October 18 On 14/10/2024 at 9:26 PM, Moneybox said: Is there any way we can get a bit of audio from the cockpit? ☺️ Innocent children may be on this forum! 😄 1 3
F10 Posted October 18 Posted October 18 It seems the chickens are coming home to roost....it's on Juan Browns website....not a good look for Aus GA.....The ATSB have donned their Deer Stalker hats and got their magnifying glasses out....... If it were me....public statement, that the enormity of the event, precipitated a huge breakdown in judgment....I will accept without comment, the penalty for my actions........To me, it's the only possible recovery action. 3 1
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