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Invader26
 Post subject: Wanaka NZ airshow bingle
PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 8:40 pm 
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The Yak 3UM that raced at Reno last year was involved in a serious prang at Wanaka yesterday when it hit a photographer's stand while landing. Tore half the right wing off. Pilot OK apart from hurt pride!

www.stuff.co.nz/national/102740799/plan ... al-airshow
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Invader26 wrote:
The Yak 3UM that raced at Reno last year was involved in a serious prang at Wanaka yesterday when it hit a photographer's stand while landing. Tore half the right wing off. Pilot OK apart from hurt pride!

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/1027407 ... al-airshow


It isn't the same Yak that raced at Reno and the accident was this morning (Sat). The racer is also attending Wanaka however still wearing its race '35' decals.
Yak ZK-YYY hit a cherry picker, placed as part of a line holding cables for a precision landing competition between the grass and sealed runways. Obviously the Yak landing wasn't precise enough :shock:

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Nothing should be in the flight strip...
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Nothing should be in the flight strip...



Yeah, not sure what that is about, but I am not there so can't comment further.

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Has there been any video of the crash landing been uploaded to the internet yet?
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Has there been any video of the crash landing been uploaded to the internet yet?


Just recently came across this footage: -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz07Q5Etyjc

Shame about the Yak, but good to see no one was injured!

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Ooooeee. Glad he came out OK - guess there was some confusion over whether the grass part was supposed to be active?

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Is the grass strip ever an active runway? I can understand if it is, if not that's almost like landing on a taxiway... Sucks to see, glad he got out safely.
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Is the grass strip ever an active runway? I can understand if it is, if not that's almost like landing on a taxiway... Sucks to see, glad he got out safely.


Yes, they use it all the time, sad but glad he is ok...
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Glad he's okay, and the wing will buff right out...

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I've seen several mentions of this "holding a wire for a precision landing competition."

I want to know what in the world would a wire have to do with precision landing. Seems to me that any wire (ground or aerial) would be a "man made obstacle" that would be a major no-no for any certifying agency, be that the insurance company or the applicable airworthiness agency (the CAA in this case).

Also, as for using the grass, I've seen several mentions that it had been used by several other aircraft that day, so was the Yak the biggest to use it, or did he just drift off centerline and that's what put him in peril?
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CAPFlyer wrote:
Also, as for using the grass, I've seen several mentions that it had been used by several other aircraft that day, so was the Yak the biggest to use it, or did he just drift off centerline and that's what put him in peril?


The press release stated the cherry picker on the runway, not adjacent to it. There's also a comment on FB saying the pilot had mentioned on the radio that his left gear may not have been locked down so he was taking the grass... No confirmation of the gear issue yet though.

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Wooden wing?

Seems to have dampened the impact.
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Wooden wing?

Seems to have dampened the impact.


metal Yak 11 wing

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DaveM2 wrote:
Michel Lemieux wrote:
Wooden wing?

Seems to have dampened the impact.


metal Yak 11 wing



Of which there are no replacements available
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