Cherokee down near Bowral

[Spin]

10 News reported a "Piper Cub" landed in a vineyard near Bowral this afternoon. Footage showed a Cherokee, fair amount of damage to wings and undercarriage ripped off, fuselage looked fairly straight, hope all ok.

 

 

[Smokey]

Looked like a Cub to me .... built by Picasso :big_grin:

 

 

Mark

 

 

[FlyingVizsla]

ABC News - Piper crash

 

Hi folks,

 

The ABC reported Light plane makes emergency landing - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) which in short is - Single engine Piper took off from Mittagong airport 11am, clipped trees, landed on Bong Bong Road, ended up in vineyard, 4 POB, minor injuries.

 

If you look at the Google map Mittagong airstrip is roughly south east of town, Bong Bong Rd is not far off the end, the sat photos show thick vegetation between airstrip & BB Rd. Sounds like the aircraft failed to gain height for some reason.

 

Not sure if ATSB will investigate - not listed on their site yet.

 

Sue

 

 

[Matt]

28 degrees, airfield with high airfield elevation (1840') and a fully loaded Cherokee which aren't known for their climb performance...always going to be a challenge.

 

 

[Guest rocketdriver]

28 degrees, airfield with high airfield elevation (1840') and a fully loaded Cherokee which aren't known for their climb performance...always going to be a challenge.

For your interest, a Cherokee 140 with 4 normal people in it and fuel to a bit above the tabs (I know, but I was young and stupid) struggles to achieve 100 ft per minute climb! With the stall warning blinking occasionally too!!!! And that was in about the same temperature, but at sea level ( in Massachusetts actually) ....

 

 

[Mazda]

Mittagong has high ground on both ends too, it is not a strip to be taken lightly.

 

Although, it is a strip to be taken lightly (in weight at least!) ;)