18yo Crash Lands Plane On Highway, Gets Out To Direct Traffic
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[quote=The Australian]AN 18-year-old pilot walked away uninjured from his badly damaged light aircraft yesterday after crash-landing the single-engine plane on one of Hobart's busiest highways, less than 2km from the city's CBD.
Patrick Humphrey, a trainee pilot with the Australian air force, was practising aerobatics when the engine stalled about 10am.
This prompted several phone calls to emergency services from panicked motorists who could see the light aircraft in distress over Hobart's Brooker Highway.
Witnesses reported seeing the aircraft circling overhead moments before the pilot brought it down on the four-lane highway that connects Hobart's northern suburbs to the city.
The aircraft slid almost 200m along the road and beneath an overpass before coming to rest on an embankment beside the busy highway. One of the plane's wings was torn off by the impact with the road.
Onlookers said it was miraculous the young pilot had managed to land the aircraft on the highway without crashing into any of the passing cars.
Brad Almond, who was at the crash scene soon after the aircraft came down, said debris stretched for hundreds of metres along the Brooker Highway.
"It must have been incredibly lucky to get a gap in the traffic," Mr Almond told ABC radio.
"I did see a couple of motor vehicles close by straight away after the accident. So I'm imagining it came very close to actually hitting a car."
Motorist Kos Karydis said he thought the plane was performing an Easter holiday display before it came down.
"I saw the aircraft in the sky, and I thought it was part of some sort of Easter exhibition," he said.
"Then it was getting lower, and I thought, `This isn't right'.
"I thought it might crash into Mount Wellington."
Other witnesses said the first thing Mr Humphrey did after crashing the plane was stumble out of the cockpit and run down the highway to direct traffic and ensure no vehicles hit the damaged aircraft.
The Brooker Highway was closed to traffic for most of the day after the crash yesterday. Accident investigators were still trying to determine the cause of the aircraft's engine failure.[/quote]
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Now that's just plane crazy.
The 18-yo
"Move along, there's nothing to see here..."
holy shit! this guy has some of the biggest balls in the world, he deserves a lot more than a medal imo.
[QUOTE=BuDSpOoNce;21182796]Now that's just plane crazy.[/QUOTE]
:haw:
He did a good job there
[QUOTE=Sleepy Head;21182803]holy shit! this guy has some of the biggest balls in the world, he deserves a lot more than a medal imo.[/QUOTE]
Generally, when I think of ballsy, I don't think of making hand gestures at cars.
[QUOTE=Mingebox;21182838]Generally, when I think of ballsy, I don't think of making hand gestures at cars.[/QUOTE]
crash landing a plane on a highway is pretty ballsy to me
[QUOTE=Mingebox;21182838]Generally, when I think of ballsy, I don't think of making hand gestures at cars.[/QUOTE]
And landing a damaged plane on a busy highway isn't ballsy?
Do a barrel rAGROEROERJJEJRWGGRGZGFSGNNGG
[QUOTE=Sleepy Head;21182847]crash landing a plane on a highway is pretty ballsy to me[/QUOTE]
It's not like he just decided to crash into the highway for kicks. Killing a bear with a combat knife is medal-winning ballsy, this is entry level ballsy. Stop trying to dilute the meaning of balls. :argh:
I'd like to know what altitude he was at, and if he was over a built up area or not.
[quote]Accident investigators were still trying to determine the cause of the aircraft's engine failure.[/quote]
I thought engines stalled on propeller planes when you tried to go up too steeply? Given that he was practicing aerobatics, surely this is the obvious reason?
[QUOTE=Jallen;21182958]I thought engines stalled on propeller planes when you tried to go up too steeply? Given that he was practicing aerobatics, surely this is the obvious reason?[/QUOTE]
Not that I'm aware of, but if the fuel is gravity fed (like on a small Cessna) or has a certain type of carburettor then the engine will be starved of fuel when the plane is upside down.
Edit: Actually Cessnas might still have a pump, I'm not too sure.
Landed himself in that one....
[QUOTE=BuDSpOoNce;21182796]Now that's just plane crazy.[/QUOTE]
:aaa:
No other puns please, they would just be a disgrace to this... masterpiece.
Good pilot got himself out of a very bad situation, Kudos.
He seems like a good pilot to me.
[QUOTE=Jallen;21182958]I thought engines stalled on propeller planes when you tried to go up too steeply? Given that he was practicing aerobatics, surely this is the obvious reason?[/QUOTE]
If a plane's engine is carburetor fed then it'll starve the engine of fuel when you do a negative G maneuver but most planes use fuel injection nowadays.
Sounds to me like his fuel pump failed or something.
What a pimp :smug:
Similar video.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03kp0lVHQic[/media]
"He was definitely [I]pimpin shit[/I] tonight!"
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[quote]beneath an overpass[/quote]
[i]"Someday they'll write books about all of this"[/i]
Wow fucked up
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Get it?
[QUOTE=scout1;21182842]Awesome pilot.[/QUOTE]
I wish he was my personal pilot.
he should pilot the space shuttle
Was his plane as worthy to live as this one?
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Yf6_MVTck&feature=related[/media]
Poor thing just doesn't want to die :frown:.
It looks like that guy had a [I]crashing [/I]good time.
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