Ben Longden Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 January 02, 2007 11:32am NEWS Limited. A PILOT walked away unhurt after his light aircraft crashed into a ditch at Melbourne's Moorabbin airport today. The pilot was the only person aboard a Cessna 172 training aircraft and was performing a touch-and-go circuit when the plane veered into a ditch shortly after 11am (AEDT) today, Moorabbin airport manager Phil McConnell said. The aircraft was substantially damaged. Fire crews contained a fuel leak from the battered aircraft, Metropolitan Fire Brigade incident controller Col Matheson said on Southern Cross radio, "We have a fuel leak out of one of the wings and the brigade has laid down a layer of foam ... to make sure it doesn't ignite," he said. "(The pilot) is reasonably well-shaken." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Longden Posted January 2, 2007 Author Share Posted January 2, 2007 And this from The Age.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fred Bear Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Ouch! Better outcome none the less! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Longden Posted January 3, 2007 Author Share Posted January 3, 2007 It was a new ship.... 2006 registered.... Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David C Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Yes a BIG OUCH !!! . The aircraft is a C172 Skyhawk SP , a new aircraft , and only been on the register for 6 months . It appears that the pilot was relatively uninjured , so thats good news at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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