bull Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Light plane crash at Dubbo airport | Video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bull Posted October 31, 2016 Author Share Posted October 31, 2016 www.dailyliberal.com.au photo here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDQDI Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Good to see no one badly hurt. Not much fabric left on it. I have a soft spot for Cubs so not nice to see one like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poteroo Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Regardless of how hard you hold aileron into wind, if there's a sudden change in direction and speed - the Cub wing can lift alarmingly.(It's full over into wind 100% of the time for me!). Have had a few adrenaline moments even with the heavier Super Cub model. Pilot seems very experienced overall so was probably confident in those conditions. Plain bad luck to bust a fuel line, but lucky to get out ok. Always had misgivings about plastic line fuel gauges inside the cockpit - but whether these were ruptured, or that occurred in the engine bay we don't know yet. happy days, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guernsey Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 www.dailyliberal.com.au photo here Couldn't find the photo, what model Cub was it and do we have a rego number? Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David2ayo Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 American Legend Cub AL-3, (at least thats what written on the checklist!) 24-8801. I was learning to fly it, beautiful aircraft, vintage appearance with latest glass cockpit. Fortunately Dan also has a Super Cub (its got flaps!) so hopefully that will be my training aircraft - when the poor bugger recovers! There's a story on it on Prime news "Lucky escape in Dubbo crash". David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 I just tried the link, nothing about the Cub incident,. . . but there is a report of a different crash at Cryon, near Walgett - ag aircraft down and this one was fatal. . . . www.dailyliberal.com.au 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David2ayo Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 I just tried the link, nothing about the Cub incident,. . . but there is a report of a different crash at Cryon, near Walgett - ag aircraft down and this one was fatal. . . .www.dailyliberal.com.au Hello Phil, you have to dredge through the 'back pages' of local news on the Daily Libel site to get to it - 2 reports, dated October 31. Click on "+more local news" and keep hammering the buttons! The Walgett one is sad - we need to ensure the affected people get the support they need. As a member of the Rural Fire Service, I often get called to motor vehicle accidents, and when there is injury or worse, it takes me days to recover, and then it is still a shadow in the background. PLEASE fly safe! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Hello Phil, you have to dredge through the 'back pages' of local news on the Daily Libel site to get to it - 2 reports, dated October 31. Click on "+more local news" and keep hammering the buttons!The Walgett one is sad - we need to ensure the affected people get the support they need. As a member of the Rural Fire Service, I often get called to motor vehicle accidents, and when there is injury or worse, it takes me days to recover, and then it is still a shadow in the background. PLEASE fly safe! Thank you for that David. We have a similar prob here in the UK, especially with 'Local' type newspapers / websites for same. .. where you have to dig around a bit for info after following links. . . I take off my hat to you for being ( I assume ) a volunteer firefighter too. Much respect SIr. With regard to your final comment on the subject of safe flying; I have always tried my best to do that. . .ever since an incident back when I had amassed the dizzy sum of 200 HOURS, at 100 hours, I thought I knew it all you see, and at 200, well, I KNEW that I knew it all. And all that knowledge with it's accompanying unjustified confidence very nearly got me seriously 'Dedded' along with the innocent friends who thought I was superman because I could drive an aeroplane. . . An early lesson in this regard is never a bad thing for any aviator I strongly believe, . . . especially for us 'Leisure' flyers. . . When the professionals occasionally get it wrong, it ought to hammer the point home to us amateurs. This is where sites such as this one are Sooooooo important; reading the comments made by other pilots and add it to the grey matter could well have saved a few lives I reckon. . . .THANK YOU to blokes like Ian, who give of their time to provide the platform for us all to learn something.. Phil. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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