Incidents at Ardmore

[scon]

Wouldn't happen with a Grumman

[HardCorePawn]

QUOTE(scon @ Aug 14 2007, 03:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Wouldn't happen with a Grumman

yeah... the Grumman would not have got off the ground

[travnz]

QUOTE(ZK-KAG @ Aug 13 2007, 03:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE(travnz @ Aug 13 2007, 06:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

BTW this happens all the time at AR, usually just the micro switch on the gear.

Hardly all the time... Otherwise there wouldnt have been such a response.

Nevertheless it would have been great training for the student. Oh and it was the microswitch this time

Happened last week to EZX!

The response from the emergency services is standard, anything like that they dispatch heaps of people.

[NZ06AR]

QUOTE(travnz @ Aug 14 2007, 06:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE(ZK-KAG @ Aug 13 2007, 03:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE(travnz @ Aug 13 2007, 06:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

BTW this happens all the time at AR, usually just the micro switch on the gear.

Hardly all the time... Otherwise there wouldnt have been such a response.

Nevertheless it would have been great training for the student. Oh and it was the micro switch this time

Happened last week to JED!

The response from the emergency services is standard, anything like that they dispatch heaps of people.

The Ardmore airport company policy is that for any emergency there must be adequate emergency services present if the it warning in advance..

Flying Kiwi- with regard to -EZX having the same problem a couple of weeks ago... it was very much a different problem as a occurrence report was filed for a defect on the micro switch wires, as they had frayed... -JED on Monday was nothing more that a light bulb on the gear light...

NZ06AR

[FlyingKiwi]

QUOTE(NZ06AR @ Aug 19 2007, 10:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Flying Kiwi- with regard to -EZX having the same problem a couple of weeks ago... it was very much a different problem as a occurrence report was filed for a defect on the micro switch wires, as they had frayed... -JED on Monday was nothing more that a light bulb on the gear light...

Ah right, all I knew was that they both landed with emergency services present due to a gear related problem; didn't know the details, thanks.

[towerguy]

what the heck is a "response controller"??????????????
never heard of any such thing and we wouldn't send anyone over there from AA anyway.
would like to hear more if anyone knows.

[kiwiflyboy]

I think they were confused by what is in Ardmore's emergency action plan, There is an appointed emergency controller (usually from AFS or Heliflight, as there is always someone there), who liases with emergency services and grants them permission to have access to movement areas etc... It just gives a definite person who is in charge instead of people left right and centre trying to call the shots....

[towerguy]

okay,

thanks

[ZK-KAG]

Just a couple of shots from the event









Excuse the standard of the photos, they were taken with my old digital.

~ZK-KAG~

[travnz]

Dont you mean non-event?

[kiwiflyboy]

Things must be quite boring at massey if this is called an "event"

[ZK-KAG]

QUOTE(kiwiflyboy @ Aug 20 2007, 10:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Things must be quite boring at massey if this is called an "event"

Sorry for my choice of word then. Maybe going back to the thread title would have been better "incident".

Whats with you Ardmore boys and being so defensive about stuff that goes on up there? We've all had highly publicised incidents, some more than others... If this had been any other training organisation my post would be exactly the same This was merely to show the emergency turn-out and not so much the actual reason for being there.

[kiwiflyboy]

I just think that nearly 1MB of pictures of an "emergency response" over a blown light bulb.... is a little overzealous....

[squirrel350]

SO KFB would you rather a 5MB load of photos of a big area of open ocean instead.

Who gives a toss if it was a so called non-event doesnt mean people don't want to hear about it and why should the rest of us miss out on seeing the pics considering some of you guys were actually there.

SQ350

[victor_alpha_charlie]

$5 on Keagan!
And KFB, it was four photos... Lets all calm down.. Think of your happy place..

[HardCorePawn]

QUOTE(Google Definition of Event)

Definitions of event on the Web:

• something that happens at a given place and time
  
• a special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled"
  
• a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory
  
• consequence: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"

[/quote]

Actually, I found it quite interesting... I was not on the field that day, so appreciate the info...

Also, even if it was just 'a blown lightbulb'... it had the potential to be a lot worse... I for one am glad that there is in fact some sort of plan in place and that this plan is executed accordingly...

As they say, Hindsight is 20/20... but until the plane was down and the aircraft inspected did anyone know the actual cause?

However, plastering 300pt Font headlines like 'Aircraft in Landing Gear Shocker' on the front page of a daily metro paper or running it as the lead story on the 6pm news (as the mainstream media are often guilty of)... then that would be what I call overzealous...

To be honest, I'm actually surprised there was no mention of it on the news?!!!?!

[Alex]

Interesting... thanks for posting up the pics Keagan.

Alex

[creator2003]

I just think that nearly 1MB of pictures of an "emergency response" over a blown light bulb.... is a little overzealous...

get over it ,even on dial up at the moment i was keen to wait to see the pics good or bad ,big or small this a flight forum isnt it ????
dude i dont see you running out to post pics that anyone around here would be intrested in ?? as you can see alot of us are intrested no matter how big or small the event was ...
event is the right word dont change a thing ,its like 1% of the forum that think they know what a event is or not ,at lest you post keagan in a positive contubuting way unlike some that see it fit to put down 1mb of photos ,woppee 1mb of photos its going to kill my conection limit for this month man
this is what this forum is all about , posting whatever you think that others would be intrested in ,and chating over it ,,you just never know there mite of been a repaint somewhere in those photos or a mission scene for fsx or 9

[kiwiflyboy]

I am sorry i ruffled so many feathers, I am just merely stating that I thought the photos were a little OTT. especially when there was a such more photo-worthy opportunity happening on the airfield at the same time, and would have been in sight..... ( Did you see the drunk guy running around trying to get on the runway (may or may not have been naked) by AFT? the police were very keen to get over there and sort him out)

I do appologise for anyone that I may have pissed off..... I do hope that I am still welcome to contribute to these forums....

[kiwiflyboy]

QUOTE(HardCorePawn @ May 31 2007, 11:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Technically this is an accident isnt it? as it involved damage to an aircraft...

i'm just trying to re-acquaint myself with air law...

It is an accident if the aircraft involved were intending to fly, so in this instance yes, taxiing to take off, but if they were being taken to maint or somewhere else without the intent of flying immediately it wouldnt count as an accident, In the view of the CAA, but would be best to inform them to save your hind if they found out and decided to press charges.