Piper down in stormy weather

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Piper down in stormy weather#1554482

By Trent772 - Wed Aug 23, 2017 4:29 pm

Wed Aug 23, 2017 4:29 pm #1554482

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-yo ... e-41023806

It was not a pleasant morning with thunder and heavy rain, so I doubt he saw much before touchdown.

EGNM 230920Z VRB02KT 1500 -RA BR VCTS SCT002 BKN004CB 15/15 Q1011

EGXE 230903Z 15007KT 2000 +TSRA BKN007 ///020CB 16/15 Q1011 YLO2 TEMPO 3000 TSRA YLO1=

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Re: Piper down in stormy weather#1554485

By PeterMa - Wed Aug 23, 2017 4:45 pm

Wed Aug 23, 2017 4:45 pm #1554485

Clear cause - no Stb wing ! ?

Nicely done whoever they were :thumright:

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Re: Piper down in stormy weather#1554487

By flybymike - Wed Aug 23, 2017 4:49 pm

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Wed Aug 23, 2017 4:49 pm #1554487

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Re: Piper down in stormy weather#1554494

By neaton - Wed Aug 23, 2017 5:03 pm

Wed Aug 23, 2017 5:03 pm #1554494

That must have been quite... exciting as it slid towards the river. :shock:

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Re: Piper down in stormy weather#1554495

By flybymike - Wed Aug 23, 2017 5:07 pm

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Wed Aug 23, 2017 5:07 pm #1554495

I wonder where the wing is. I can't see it in the photo.
Could hardly have landed intact in that configuration

Re: Piper down in stormy weather#1554496

By G-BLEW - Wed Aug 23, 2017 5:21 pm

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Wed Aug 23, 2017 5:21 pm #1554496

flybymike wrote:I wonder where the wing is. I can't see it in the photo.
Could hardly have landed intact in that configuration

According to the policeman on Twitter, it's in a hedge on the other side of the field.

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Re: Piper down in stormy weather#1554498

By Sooty25 - Wed Aug 23, 2017 5:22 pm

Wed Aug 23, 2017 5:22 pm #1554498

flybymike wrote:I wonder where the wing is. I can't see it in the photo.
Could hardly have landed intact in that configuration

It's probably laying beside one of those trees in the background!

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Re: Piper down in stormy weather#1554509

By Boxkite - Wed Aug 23, 2017 6:18 pm

Wed Aug 23, 2017 6:18 pm #1554509

flybymike wrote:Fair enough

Then probably best to remove the link before someone becomes unnecessarily worried.

Re: Piper down in stormy weather#1554514

By Trent772 - Wed Aug 23, 2017 6:52 pm

Wed Aug 23, 2017 6:52 pm #1554514

Interesting that the Ebor Meet started at York today.

Saratoga's are the transport of choice of jockeys....... :pirat:

I add a little excitement, a little spice to your lives and all you do is complain - Q

Re: Piper down in stormy weather#1554525

By RichardDavies - Wed Aug 23, 2017 7:44 pm

Wed Aug 23, 2017 7:44 pm #1554525

Glad everyone is OK, looks like it could of been N414AG.

Re: Piper down in stormy weather#1554526

By Lockhaven - Wed Aug 23, 2017 7:59 pm

Wed Aug 23, 2017 7:59 pm #1554526

Job well done to walk away uninjured.

What is interesting is that wing has detached with little or no damage to the fuselage :!:

Also the prop is not damaged so presumably the engine was not rotating and it landed relatively normally on three wheels, so when the hell did the wing separate like that :?:

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Re: Piper down in stormy weather#1554528

By Lefty - Wed Aug 23, 2017 8:10 pm

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Wed Aug 23, 2017 8:10 pm #1554528

I'm told that it was N414AG.
The engine stopped in the cruise at 3000ft.
They were in very bad weather with a cloud base of only a few hundred feet and very poor viz.

Seems like he did a really good job.

Re: Piper down in stormy weather#1554537

By Trent772 - Wed Aug 23, 2017 9:19 pm

Wed Aug 23, 2017 9:19 pm #1554537

My word, that is a busy aeroplane. Been all over in the last 10 days according to FR24's plots. Lucky as a lucky thing as others have said.

I still wouldn't have been flying even an IFR equipped aeroplane in that today.

I add a little excitement, a little spice to your lives and all you do is complain - Q