Ben Longden Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Heading to Swan Hill this afternoon from Shepparton, I heard of an EFATO - a real one at Swan Hill. All I heard was the pilot and plane are fine. Anyone? Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastmeg2 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Hi Ben, We were on the Megafauna Fly-Away last week and stayed in Swann Hill on the evening of Friday 23rd May. A 582 strut braced Drifter in our group had an engine failure 3 miles out to the NW, inbound from Mildura, landed safely in a ploughed farmers paddock and walked in to town to meet the rest of us. A kind local aviator who happened to know the farmer whose paddock he landed in assisted with his 4WD to move the Drifter into a shed. Last I heard, the Drifter pilot had his engine removed and was headed for Melbourne to get a replacement 582 from Flood's. Cheers, Glen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Longden Posted May 30, 2008 Author Share Posted May 30, 2008 Thats good news. Any idea why the engine failed? Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastmeg2 Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 Not really, from discussions with him later that night all that was known at the time was that it stopped with the usual 1/2 second warning a 582 will give in that situation and that he was 1500ft AGL when it happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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