Two incidents reported today Oct 13

[red750]

A Robinson R44 involved in cropspraying activities collided with a power line when the pilot was blinded by the sunlight. He managed to land the aircraft with some damage from the wire, but received only minor injuries. I was caught off guard by the report and did not catch the location.

 

In the second incident, a Cessna 172 from Oxford Aviation Academy made an off runway excursion at Moorabbin Airport. The nosewheel of the aircraft was broken off, but the pilot, who was the sole occupant, was uninjured.

 

 

[billwoodmason]

The Robbi accident was in South West Victoria, roughly five miles south west of Darlington on the Geelong - Hamilton highway.

 

 

[Thruster88]

second incident, a Cessna 172 from Oxford Aviation Academy made an off runway excursion at Moorabbin Airport. The nosewheel of the aircraft was broken off, but the pilot, who was the sole occupant, was uninjured.

What came first the, "excursion" or the nose wheel breaking? How does one have a runaway excursion in a 172 or any "nose dragger"

 

 

[turboplanner]

If you're a student who is new to flying and new to the language. And the 172 has that spring loaded nosewheel. Also could have landed nose down.

 

 

[red750]

Video of incident at Moorabbin

 

There is a report on the helicopter accident on the Herald Sun website but it is subscription only, and I'm not a subscriber.

 

 

[facthunter]

"Wheelbarrowing " incidents with Light Aircraft with tricycle U/C's started in earnest with their becoming almost the universal type used for training in the early 60's. At the same time "all over, fields" type landing areas tended to disappear and become designated runways so landing directly into wind was rarely available. The "Club " I was training at insisted the stall warning should just beep as you touched down for the correct landing "style". If you do this you will NEVER have a nosewheel instigated excursion. It's also good practice on Jabiru's in particular to keep the weight off the nosewheel. The nosewheel isn't capable of great load on any aircraft . Crosswind techniques generally use a faster speed in the near ground experience part of the landing with into wind mainwheel contact first fairly normal and desired. If you allow the into wind wing to LIFT on a tricycle and there's much weight on the nosewheel, you may well end up wrecking the plane and it will be quick if it happens. Nev

 

 

[turboplanner]

 

Footage: Herald Sun/Channel 7

 

Hard to say whether he has gone off the end of 17C or 17R or the taxiway between them, or was heading for 35C, touched down early and did a U turn.

 

Bigger scale to right: Google Maps.

 

 

 

[old man emu]

FH is correct about keeping the weight off the nose wheel for as long as possible. The nose wheel attachment is relatively flimsy compared to the main gear. Fixing the nose gear is a complex and very expensive job. The force generated by a hard landing on the nose wheel is transmitted to a lot of fuselage structures that are hard to remove and require extreme care in their alignment when being replaced.

 

Nose wheel gear is like the brakes on the main wheels. Both should only be used at low speeds and gently.

 

 

[kaz3g]

Turbo...looks awfully like he used 17 Centre to me.

 

Kaz

 

 

[planesmaker]

He obviously needed to go around, to run off the end and still travel that far in a 172 I'm amazed

 

I am assuming he was landing?