January 21  2008
OZ media are notoriously inaccurate when reporting light aircraft incidents - one reported that a light aircraft has crashed on landing after an undercarriage malfunction - another report has what appears to be the same aircraft overshooting the runway and crashing after aborting the take-off - check out the following transcripts (place mouse over and click)

 
"January 20 2008 10:34am - A PILOT averted disaster when the landing gear of his light plane malfunctioned on approach to an airport in Sydney's southwest"

"20/01/2008 12:15:00pm Two people have been lucky to escape injury after a plane overshot the runway while trying to takeoff at Bankstown airport"

January 18  2008
All 136 passengers and 16 crew on board a B777 escaped without major injury after the passenger jet landed short wiping off the undercarriage

The machine came to a stop within a few 100 meters disrupting other traffic at the world's 3^rd busiest airport

Only 221 out of 1,300 flights were cancelled on the day

 
Media reports have the pilot saying that "the electronics had failed" and that "he had lost all power" - a passenger reported "I could hear the undercarriage come out and the next moment the plane just dropped"

The approach airspeed may have been a little too low

January 16  2008
The main terminal based AV8 Brisbane flying school at Archerfield continues to expand taking over the previously occupied (by JetCraft's MacFlight) Hangar 3 for student pilot training in 'Ground-Time' simulators

Archerfield's Hangar 3 has had a colourful past

 
For more than 30 years it was the Cessna Sales Centre for QLD until the 'suppression' - then Pest Control - Airport Church - and an assortment of Flying Schools -

Click here to view the 2004 Report