storchy neil Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 plane down at Yarrawonga neil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEM Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Is this it? http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/2885264/crash-landing-at-yarrawonga/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storchy neil Posted March 13, 2016 Author Share Posted March 13, 2016 jem no neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roundsounds Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Yarrawonga Chronicle Facebook pages says: "Emergency services are at the scene of a serious aircraft accident near the Yarrawonga Airport on Cahill's Road. Very few details are available at this stage. More to follow." https://au.news.yahoo.com/vic/a/31085779/two-dead-in-light-plane-crash-in-victoria/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tillmanr Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 CFA app has accident/rescue safe. Hope this is the case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 The Roundsounds link to 7news says two dead... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 A couple of photos at: http://twitter.com/thechrismartin7/status/708896579533479937/photo/1 Appears to be perhaps a trike? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Border Mail says red, white, yellow and black striped ultralight, confirms pilot and passenger deceased. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planesmaker Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Another sad day. Condolences to family and friends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tillmanr Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Channel 9 MEL reporting 2x fatal Nagambie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Looks like a trike owned by Yarrawonga Flight Trainng. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ev17ifly2 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Looks like a trike owned by Yarrawonga Flight Trainng. No it wasnt and as the pilot was a friend I suggest you keep your assumptions and rumours to yourself until that facts are released. Typical of this forum ! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaz3g Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/two-men-dead-in-yarrawonga-airport-plane-crash/news-story/9a41c0340d55371e688bc5841a7a9847 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 First David, now this one, that's the Yarrawonga fleet. 9 News reported witnesses seeing the trike flying around the airfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ozzie Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Is this it?http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/2885264/crash-landing-at-yarrawonga/ 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slb Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Sad news indeed. Condolences to both family and friends. News like this hits hard. RIP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Methusala Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-13/two-dead-after-plane-crashes-in-victoria's-north/7243236 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyerme Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 It's a trike info and pic here. .http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/3788177/town-grief/#slide=2 RIP. Condolences to all . Very sad outcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimecho1 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Is that quote about the ATSB trike fatalities (in the Border Mail article) correct? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamel Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 I would seriously doubt it! The Herald Sun article listed in the other post goes into more detail and seems to include gyros in the equation and then goes on to say that they are mostly caused by pilot error anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEM Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Ozzie said "2015" Yep, my oops Oz. Thanks for correcting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 No it wasnt and as the pilot was a friend I suggest you keep your assumptions and rumours to yourself until that facts are released. Typical of this forum ! Sorry to have offended. Just trying to find out facts. Another sad day for us all. 3 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimecho1 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 I'd have been surprised if trikes topped the list. Yes, I just read the H/Sun thing. Not much in the way of detailed statistics there, either. In any case, a fatal crash is always a terribly sad event. I'm sure a lot of us are thinking this day of the families and the flying community in Yarrawonga and the wider world. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeptic36 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 I would seriously doubt it! The Herald Sun article listed in the other post goes into more detail and seems to include gyros in the equation and then goes on to say that they are mostly caused by pilot error anyway! It also lists the Cootamundra windmill tragedy as being an Arrow wing. Give that happened early April 2012 and discussion on here, in May 2012, was about rumours of a new wing about to be released, called the Arrow. I doubt they have that right either. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamel Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 "Yarrawonga Aerodrome manager Peter McLean told the Herald Sun the men, both experienced pilots, had been performing flight manoeuvres around the airstrip when their XT-912 Arrow struck the ground." I guess we will never hear any more about these "manoeuvres " or whether they contributed to the accident! Manoeuvres and flexwings are two words I don't like in the same sentence. Condolences to all those near to them 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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