Engine failure caused crash.A GYROPLANE gyroplane: see autogiro. crashed into a hedge after the engine failed, an official report revealed. The replica Earlier document exchange software from Farallon Communications, Inc. that converted a Windows or Mac document into a proprietary viewing format. The viewer could be distributed separately or embedded within the document itself, turning it into a single-document viewer. Campbell Cricket gyro plane was flying along the Anglesey coast on September 9 this year when the engine suddenly failed. The 44-year old pilot told the Department of Transport's Air Accident Investigation branch the engine had worked normally since the aircraft left RAF Mona RAF Mona (IATA: N/A, ICAO: EGOQ) is a Royal Air Force station on the island of Anglesey, Wales. It is primarily used as a relief landing ground for RAF Valley. Mona was opened as a Royal Flying Corps airship base in 1915. some 30 minutes earlier. The pilot, who has not been named, spotted a field near the village of Valley where he believed he could safely make a forced landing. But as he approached the field the pilot realised it had a steep slope. Unable to land elsewhere the single-seat aircraft glided down the slope at low speed until it struck the ground and a hedge at the edge of the field. The pilot was uninjured but the aircraft was seriously damaged. Investigation of the engine initially showed the spark plugs working normally. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion