Vintage plane flips after landing, pilot taken to hospital. Tyabb 22/03/25

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A man is recovering in hospital after a light plane overturned after landing in grassland on Melbourne's Mornington Peninsula.

Police were called just before 12pm following reports a vintage plane had flipped onto its roof after landing at Tyabb Airport.

The pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft managed to climb out of the plane without help.

 

[onetrack]

A rare Ryan STM-2, powered by a Menasco engine. It flipped in 1967, too, when the collets holding the inlet valves stripped, resulting in an EFATO.

 

https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=18747

[Litespeed]

VH-AWG...shit.

 

Bugger I hope pilot is Ok.

 

Beautiful aircraft, too special to not repair.

 

They actually build replica ones for LSA in the states.

[facthunter]

Nice looking plane .  I nearly Bought VH AHD when I was at Marshalls at Bankstown, Ex Stan Hone CFI at RNAC. Getting upside down with those is risky There's usually a Pylon in front of the forward cockpit to hold the Plane off the ground. I can't see it there.  A friend of Mine currently has one at Bendigo. Most went back to the STATES years ago. Aerobatic with a Supercharged  Menasco Pirate engine with open valve gear, 150 HP. Delicate U/C structure easily deformed. Under all that "tin".  Nev

[Marty_d]

Beautiful aircraft.  I love the look of the Ryans, especially polished aly.

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[Student Pilot]

On 23/3/2025 at 11:44 AM, facthunter said:

Nice looking plane .  I nearly Bought VH AHD when I was at Marshalls at Bankstown, Ex Stan Hone CFI at RNAC. Getting upside down with those is risky There's usually a Pylon in front of the forward cockpit to hold the Plane off the ground. I can't see it there.  A friend of Mine currently has one at Bendigo. Most went back to the STATES years ago. Aerobatic with a Supercharged  Menasco Pirate engine with open valve gear, 150 HP. Delicate U/C structure easily deformed. Under all that "tin".  Nev

I used to goen stroll through Marshals hangar when I got to visit Bankstown (father and uncle used to work for Air Ag at Hangar 17, I worked for Tom at a much later date) as a kid, Spitfire x2, 109, KI 43 and all sorts of machinery. There was a ground trainer with small wings on it I thought would have been great. In those days a kid could walk through a hangar and nobody would bat an eye.