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

[red750]

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.

[Student Pilot]

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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.

[pmccarthy]

Same here, when I was fifteen or so.

[Methusala]

I used to walk from Cooma Nth to Polo Flat after school to watch Snowy Beavers return. Could walk around the apron looking into the cabins, no one cared.

[Student Pilot]

23 hours ago, Methusala said:

I used to walk from Cooma Nth to Polo Flat after school to watch Snowy Beavers return. Could walk around the apron looking into the cabins, no one cared.

Peter Blewet flying then? Les cooper?

[Methusala]

Mate, I  was 9 yrs old

 Don't know.