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Offline GeoffSM1

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Diamond DA40 NG, 20 Apr nr KGYR - pilot's first solo ends in a field.
« on: April 24, 2017, 13:16:58 UTC »
PIlot's first solo flight.  Aircraft clipped a power line just after departure and landed in a field.

A pilot walked away from the crash landing of a small plane in Goodyear.
The single-engine prop plane out of Phoenix Goodyear Airport made what authorities described as a “hard crash landing” at 7:30 a.m. about 200 feet south of MC85 between Sarival Avenue and Cotton Lane.


http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2017/04/diamond-da40-ng-ctc-aviation-n154by.html
http://www.westvalleyview.com/articles/2017/04/20/small-plane-crashes-goodyear

The same aircraft was involved in a similar landing incident on May 31, 2016.
« Last Edit: April 24, 2017, 13:31:16 UTC by GeoffSM1 »
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Offline oktalist

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Re: Diamond DA40 NG, 20 Apr nr KGYR - pilot's first solo ends in a field.
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2017, 14:24:02 UTC »
Wow.
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Offline GeoffSM1

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Re: Diamond DA40 NG, 20 Apr nr KGYR - pilot's first solo ends in a field.
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2017, 15:48:36 UTC »
Quote from: oktalist on April 24, 2017, 14:24:02 UTC
Wow.

From the photos, it looks like one very lucky pilot.
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Offline ridejumpfly

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Re: Diamond DA40 NG, 20 Apr nr KGYR - pilot's first solo ends in a field.
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2017, 07:49:21 UTC »
His pan pan pan was for an ECU failure (Engine control unit). Aka imminent engine failure from what I'm Reading online. Poor bloke first solo first forces landing.
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Offline englishpilot

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Re: Diamond DA40 NG, 20 Apr nr KGYR - pilot's first solo ends in a field.
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2017, 14:28:58 UTC »
Poor bloke but well done to him and also his instrcuctors!
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