A light aircraft pilot has been praised after a successfully crash-landing his aeroplane in a southeast Auckland reserve. The one-seater Cessna came down in Macleans Reserve, Bucklands Beach, 15km east of downtown Auckland,... [read full story]
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SALLY FRENCH SALLY FRENCH SALLY FRENCH SALLY FRENCH SALLY FRENCH FLAT OUT: Eastern Beach in Auckland, where the crashed plane is perched just behind Macleans College playing field. CROWD STOPPER: The accident caught the...
Pilot Brian Williams was lucky to escape unscathed when his light plane's engine stopped dead, forcing him to land yesterday in the hilltop paddocks of Macleans College, Bucklands Beach.The home-built Stoddard-Hamilton Glasair...
More details have emerged about the moments leading up to a light plane crash this afternoon in Auckland. The plane went down into the field at Macleans Reserve in Pakuranga, just before 3pm. Inspector Chris Robinson says the...
A pilot faced with engine problems has walked away uninjured after an emergency landing in a field near Pakuranga More details have emerged about the moments leading up to a light plane crash this afternoon in Auckland. The...
Updated at 5:02pm on 8 November 2009 The pilot of a light plane has had a lucky escape after engine trouble forced him to make an emergency landing in a reserve at Bucklands Beach in east Auckland. Police say the aircraft...
A light aircraft pilot has been praised after a successfully landing his aeroplane in a southeast Auckland reserve.The aircraft, believed to be a Stoddard-Hamilton Glasair, came down in Macleans Reserve, Bucklands Beach, 15km...
