AIRCRAFT INCIDENTS 2

New Zealand Skyhawk at Townsville, 3rd June 1985 It aquaplaned during heavy rain & flipped. Some of the fire crew were Dan Petty (Fire Controller) First on scene in TFGP was Peter Clapp (SFC) ,John Horsburg, Bob Beutel & Paul Flaherty. Repaired and returned to service 29th March 1990.

PC-9 A23-055 Crashed 11 kilometres north of Albany WA

Both crew ejected and survived

http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2006/Jul/20060720.cfm

http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2006/Jul/20060721a.cfm

Click on the above links: F111 wheels up landing at Amberley in 2006

P4 - Mirage

Where, when?

Wheels up landing, Cessna a/c at Tindal, date unkn

L- R, Brian Thorburn, R. Walterfang, T. Smith, P. Flaherty.

Townsville - Royal Flying Doctor Service 1993

Beechcraft now made by Rayethon ‘Super Kingair’

Fire Controller Peter Clapp, crew: Nev Beck, Rod Borrges, (Fred Heveren in Watch Tower)

Here’s a valuable link provided by John ‘Fossil’ McCosker. Got ya...

http://www.casa.gov.au/scripts/airsresults.asp?VHin=FDB&framein=all&manuin=&modelin=&regholdin=&regopin=&serialin=&num_results=10&Search=Search&session=564923360

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Below: F111 - Birdstrike - Amberley 2007

A3-8 was delivered to RAAF on 7 Aug 1964. Crashed at East Sale on take off due to tyre failure at 150 knots on 17 Feb 1978. A/C was partially destroyed by fire as it was being trucked to Laverton in Feb 1981. A/C was stripped of any usable parts to rebuild A3-41 as a training aid.

F5 E that crashed March 1982 in Butterworth, photos of the aircraft recovery

Mirage A3-97 that the Nosewheel had collapsed after landing at Butterworth on 06 Mar 84.

Check out the wheels up landing......!

http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/KIyYK9oz9Go&autoplay=1&showinfo=0

John Fawke AFC

and Nathan Roper

US Marines Hercules aircraft. Prop gearbox seized on the threshold, Steve Milne was driving the P4 in the background -Richmond

Richmond on the 11th September1968 with fire trucks attending a wheels-up landing of a 38SQN Caribou. The aircraft was A4-233 captained by FLGOFF Bob May. It was a test flight following a major servicing. The landing was on the nose wheel and ramp on foam. The ramp was wiped out but replaced by one fabricated by metal machinists at 38SQN. Courtesy: Trevor Millard