Aerobatic-aircraft-damaged-bathurst-racetrack-operated-no-fly-areas ATSB report.

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Aerobatic aircraft damaged at Bathurst racetrack operated in no-fly areas | ATSB

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[Marty_d]

Not a good look for CASA.  Approving a flight which they knew was going to land on the racetrack when the only possible direction to land in took the plane into a no fly area.

[Thruster88]

Well that answers the question I had at the time, "how did this get approved ". The performance of the responsible casa FOI was somewhat lacking. 

 

 

[Blueadventures]

41 minutes ago, Marty_d said:

Not a good look for CASA.  Approving a flight which they knew was going to land on the racetrack when the only possible direction to land in took the plane into a no fly area.

They missed a bit of detail, bit like the current RAAus matter.  Things happen, shouldn't but do.  Very lucky the 300 didn't have a flight control failure and plough into the spectators.

[jackc]

4 hours ago, Blueadventures said:

They missed a bit of detail, bit like the current RAAus matter.  Things happen, shouldn't but do.  Very lucky the 300 didn't have a flight control failure and plough into the spectators.

IF he did not ruffle the tail feathers, and have an incident, the no fly zone violation probably would not have come to light at all.

 

[peterg]

6 hours ago, jackc said:

the no fly zone violation probably would not have come to light at all.

Unlikely - the TV news report & other video would have caught the attention of many

[RossK]

The interesting bit from that report is that he was informed of the hit and damage by another pilot, and still chose not to do a visual inspection😮

[facthunter]

Most people wouldn't get the significance of the tailplane damage.  Pretty (hairy) show all-round . Nev

[onetrack]

Even the slightest level of damage to an aircraft needs inspection. Not a pilot I'd fly with.