J170 Owner Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/light-plane-lands-on-freeway-in-bad-weather/story-e6frea8c-1226391385657 Should have been precautionary landing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damkia Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/light-plane-lands-on-freeway-in-bad-weather/story-e6frea8c-1226391385657Should have been precautionary landing? Probably should have been a "should never have left the aerodrome" landing....Forecast of fog in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 As it happens I was heading to lunch in Mornington about the same time....because it was such a miserable day with thick fog hanging around all morning. I would have been within about 500 metres of them when they landed. They would have to have been imbeciles, because we had been in fog for about 20 km before, and we were in it for another few kilometres and it only started to burn off a couple of hours later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultralights Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 normal successful precautionary landing. far better than the other option of VFR into IMC, and we all know where that leads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 At least he did not press on and is alive now. Most arrive out of fog vertically if they are not current IFR rated. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Perhaps God parted the fog along their car route from Rosebud to Tyabb Airport, and parted it over the airport, and parted it along the path of the duty runway, but he sure sent plenty along the 50 km or so I travelled close by, and it's still hanging around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Not excusing the decision to go Tubs but having done so, ( in what exact circumstances I do not know) he has realised his situation and done a precautionary landing, which is a lot better than "pressing on". Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Not excusing the decision to go Tubs but having done so, ( in what exact circumstances I do not know) he has realised his situation and done a precautionary landing, which is a lot better than "pressing on". Nev I agree with you on that Nev, it's just that being on the existing highway just a few hundred metres away, having driven through fog for 20 minutes or so, My focus was on why they left the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaz3g Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Perhaps God parted the fog along their car route from Rosebud to Tyabb Airport, and parted it over the airport, and parted it along the path of the duty runway, but he sure sent plentyalong the 50 km or so I travelled close by, and it's still hanging around. Just surmising, given one report that they had been in the air for quite a while, that they departed Tyabb with no fog but got caught on top some time later as the banks rolled down from Melbourne as is so often the case. Probably caught it on the way to YMMB and then found the way back had become blocked. Just a guess, though. I hope it will be presented as an example of good decision making after the event because I think it very important that pilots receive every encouragement to do a precautionary landing rather than pressing on into something solid. Kaz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendonguy Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 better than this guys landing http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/06/10/bc-100-mile-house-plane-crash.html they probably dont need to buy lotto tickets all their luck is used up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Well he picked quite a nice surface to land on !!.........................................................................Maj... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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