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 FEBRUARY 11  2014


 Posted 7:04 PM 11/02/2014 
PILOT'S LOSS-OF-CONTROL LANDING AT MELBOURNE'S MOORABBIN AIRPORT

A 69-year-old pilot of an as yet unidentified single-engine aircraft sustained only minor injuries after he lost control during the landing process and ran off the runway at Melbourne's Moorabbin airport

Police report "It bunny-hopped - one of its wings touched the ground and it veered onto a neighbouring runway.."
"..his wheel came off and that brought the plane to an abrupt halt"

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 FEBRUARY 11  2014


 Posted 9:53 AM 11/02/2014 
HOT-AIR BALLOON WITH 10-POB LANDS IN FRONT YARD OF MELBOURNE HOME

A hot air balloon with 10 persons on board has carried out a successful landing in the front yard of a house in Hawthorn missing numerous power-lines in the process

Owner Damien Crock is quoted as "..they had been flying for almost two hours" .."The pilot has decided to land while he's still got plenty of fuel"

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SIMILAR REPORT IN 2013 OF BALLOON CRASH IN CANBERRA
ATSB REPORT
MEDIA REPORT
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