red750 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Cessna 172 VH-WDA flew from Bacchus Marsh to Essendon, and touched down on runway 26 whereupon it flipped onto its roof. The pilot is reported to be uninjured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Looks as though the nosewheel has dug in in soft turf. What was it doing there? Very minor damage. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 He ran off the edge of the runway for some reason; I saw a curved track off the edge in the TV footage; perhaps a gust of wind, perhaps a brake lockup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted May 17, 2023 Author Share Posted May 17, 2023 Yeah. Zoom in on Flightradar24 and you'll see the excursion to the left of the runway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Ran off the runway? Bugger! Can't use the "plummeted from the sky" cliche. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 But at least it was a Cessna. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Booo! 😉 Cessna's a great aircraft.. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Could be a worn brake pad on one side. I've had it happen in a 182.. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfly Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 5 hours ago, Jerry_Atrick said: Booo! 😉 Cessna's a great aircraft.. Jerry, I don't think Onetrack was suggesting otherwise; only that the daily news can be trusted to get the "Cessna" part of the story right this time. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Jerry, what I was referring to, was the media calling every crashed aircraft a Cessna, regardless of the actual make or style of construction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Must have been distracted by Wolfie Blass 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Are you on a bender from a product of a Wine BLENDER.? Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Nev, you surely know me well enough to answer that question 😉 Getting harder to find my other mate, Grant Burge around this neck of the woods... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 There are "myriad" other unknow brands. Some of the older sites have become too hot to make a good wine from. I'm trying to have LESS of BETTER.. Not easy. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekliston Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 On 18/5/2023 at 7:16 AM, Jerry_Atrick said: Booo! 😉 Cessna's a great aircraft.. No argument there, but I think the comment refers to the media habit of calling anything a Cessna!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 1 hour ago, derekliston said: No argument there, but I think the comment refers to the media habit of calling anything a Cessna!!! Which media and when? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekliston Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 See onetrack amongst others above in this post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 56 minutes ago, derekliston said: See onetrack amongst others above in this post! I'm seeing a load of BS being repeated over and over again through the years without sources. Journalists go to the secene and inteview the people there; Police, Ambulance, Fire personnel etc. The Journalist asks questions "What happened?, Are the occupants OK, what is the injury level, what sort of aircraft is it? Usually none of the aeronautical experts have shown up to give the correct information, so the journalist has to file the story with the descriptions of Police/Ambulance/Fire personnel free from the rescue. The story needs to be about 20 < 50 words for a local incident and these days is put to air instantly, updating the News site without Editing, unless there is a controversial comment (s). While it might be important to some people for the Make, Model, Year, and registration type of a crashed aircraft to be included in the news that they whine like broken records on social media, those same people don't bother to comment when the make, model, year and variant is not mentioned in a car crash report, or when there's a building on fire don't mention that the building failed the last five fire inspections because it is build from [choose your fire prone material] etc. Journalists still have to do five years of University study to get their degree, and if anyone cares to email and ask a jouranists why he/she called a Tobago a Cessna, the journalist will usually go to their source notes which are kept, read back and tell you The Name, Rank, Service of the person interviewed who provided the information. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsefeathers Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 (edited) On 18/05/2023 at 10:09 AM, facthunter said: Could be a worn brake pad on one side. I've had it happen in a 182.. Nev An extremely close relative of mine had an almost identical problem (except for flipping) at Redcliffe a few years ago. Gun barrel straight approach and landing, and then without warning, her 172 took a sharp dive to the left. Ozrunways track of her landing looks almost identical to the above Flightradar track... bloody gremlins Edited May 20, 2023 by horsefeathers clarification 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted May 21, 2023 Share Posted May 21, 2023 14 hours ago, horsefeathers said: An extremely close relative of mine had an almost identical problem (except for flipping) at Redcliffe a few years ago. Gun barrel straight approach and landing, and then without warning, her 172 took a sharp dive to the left. Ozrunways track of her landing looks almost identical to the above Flightradar track... bloody gremlins Another possibility is a failure in the steering gear. Where the piper Cherokee system is direct, so steering starts as soon as you put your foot on the pedal, the 172 system incorporates springs. I find it slower and disconcerting. If the spring or linkage breaks on one side, the nose wheel will turn towards the other spring as it contracts. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClintonB Posted May 22, 2023 Share Posted May 22, 2023 On 18/5/2023 at 1:21 PM, Garfly said: Jerry, I don't think Onetrack was suggesting otherwise; only that the daily news can be trusted to get the "Cessna" part of the story right this time. Isn’t the old adage “ a broken clock is right twice a day” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 If I had my way it would only be correct ONCE a day. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfly Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 On 23/05/2023 at 11:01 AM, facthunter said: If I had my way it would only be correct ONCE a day. Nev Here ya go! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 But , you are out of luck ! . Metric time is ! Ten metric months = Deci-years Of Ten metric weeks. = Centi- years Of Ten metric days. = Milli-years . The French wouldn't use it . spacesailor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 It's already in use. I don't GET what you mean Spacey. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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