Robbo Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 VH-ZEW a Cessna 172S has crashed near Ballarat. Sadly the pilot who was the only person on board has died. Aircraft is owned by Airflite but operated by RMIT. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 looks like someone out on a nav: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/VHZEW/history/20150908/0410Z/YMPC/YMPC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share Posted September 8, 2015 Old Melbourne Road, Millbrook is where it has come down. Looks very mangled but no sign of fire. 7 News Video http://www.snappytv.com/tc/801035/244396 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litespeed Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 From the gash in the ground and the shape of the wreck, it would appear he/she has hit fast and hard. My thoughts to family and friends. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ozzie Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Holy crap! What went so wrong here? What was the weather in the area like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultralights Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 cloudy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Scud running?...maybe Nine News ......into the side of a hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piecrust Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Cloud can be a dangerous thing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Coming round to Ballarat from Daylesford can be pretty tricky with low cloud on rising ground. You need to be able to turnaround at all times if it's not up to keeping terrain clearance and preserving visibility. (If I have the area right that he was flying in). Not good . Keeps happening. Nev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearo Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Sad day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nong Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 ABC News 24 just showed the wreckage lying on the ground, inverted, complete with soviet stars a vee 12 engine and heavily tapered wings. The most beautiful 172 I have ever seen!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 TV stations have never run the wrong footage before. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf jessup Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Coming round to Ballarat from Daylesford can be pretty tricky with low cloud on rising ground. You need to be able to turnaround at all times if it's not up to keeping terrain clearance and preserving visibility. (If I have the area right that he was flying in). Not good . Keeps happening. Nev. FH, It was a she, a very sad day for another family, heart goes out for this girls loved ones 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Agree. I think RMIT school has closed down. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brilin_air Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Holy crap! What went so wrong here? What was the weather in the area like? In a word? Sh**t. Cloud to the ground around that area, gusting winds and drizzle. We spent most of the day in freezing cold rainy Ballarat yesterday, and it wasn't until late arvo that the clouds started lifting. Non-flying event yesterday in our part of the world. -Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Channel 7 4.00pm news said she was 19 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly_tornado Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 https://au.news.yahoo.com/vic/a/29476323/training-flights-suspended-after-vic-crash/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Channel 7 4.00pm news said she was 19 years old. Jeez, what a tragedy. It's sad enough when someone in their 70's is killed, when they've had a full life and raised a family. She had her whole life ahead of her. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly_tornado Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 and her classmates at RMIT are going to have to live with this for a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 After seeing aerial footage of the accident scene, I located the accident site on Google Earth, and can only say she was incredibly unlucky. THe ground she appears to have collided with is the only rased ground around that area. The plane came down in a low cup of earth capped with trees, a very unique landmark. See the attached images. The arrow shows direction of travel, X the impact spot and the star is the location from which the Street View was taken. General locality. Overhead. Street View. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearo Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I was supposed to do a solo nav today. Same model aircraft. Clear skies, but wicked turbulence near the ranges, so decided to terminate the flight. Today was a good day. How could they let a student go off on a solo flight on a day like suggested? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Probably a fair question. It's a known challenging area, weather wise..Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 From an outsider looking in, I will have to assume that with risk management that all of us are surrounded in these days. I'm sure they would have looked at the weather very closely and then made a risk assessment. Unfortunately, these things happen and I don't think anybody in particular should or will wear the blame. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I remember back to the days when I did my PPL Xcountry navs in the same type aircraft. On one shorter one my instructor kept me back for a couple of days because of smoke haze in the Central Valley of California because the farmers were burning rice husks. This frustrated me to no end especially when he made me spend the time waiting making out new flight plans. One the final 300 nm one with two landings at unfamiliar airports there was no way I was going until the WX was fine. Looking back it was really one big lesson in good decision making. It's got to be a huge decision to be made by any instructor to send a very keen and anxious student off in less than ideal weather. I would imagine he would have some explaining to do to the CASA boys ATM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrZoos Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 forget about CASA he will be trying to live with that for the rest of his life... Poor or stupid fella made a bad or terrrible call and will pay for it forever on a personal level, as will her family and freinds. CASA will be the least of his problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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