Wednesday, March 5, 2014
CIVIL aviation officials have launched an investigation after a pilot collapsed while landing his plane at the Lynden Pindling International Airport.
The pilot successfully landed the plane shortly after takeoff on Sunday, according to reports, which stated that there was one crew member, but no passengers on board at the time of the accident. The incident occurred at 5:10pm.
The incident report, which was release by the Department of Civil Aviation, read: “Information at this time is sketchy, there was one crew member on board and no passengers, no injuries were reported. The pilot reported that unsafe gear light illuminated after takeoff. He returned and upon landing the nose gear, (the pilot) ‘keeled back’ and collapsed.”
It continued: “There were no dangerous goods on the aircraft and the Civil Aviation Department, Flight Standards Division is investigating. As more information is received a preliminary report will be prepared.”
The plane, a Navajo PIPER, is registered to Avtran LLC of Clayton Missouri.
Comments
Purcell says...
I never knew pilots had wheels on them.
Posted 5 March 2014, 5:07 p.m. Suggest removal
positiveinput says...
Reading comprehension is a dangerous thing cause I'm rereading this article to see where did it ever mention the pilot had wheels.
Posted 6 March 2014, 8:05 a.m. Suggest removal
The_Oracle says...
Or that you landed the nose gear separate from the rest of the plane!
Did the nose gear or pilot collapse?
The more I read this along with the header the more confused I become!
Posted 5 March 2014, 8:15 p.m. Suggest removal
positiveinput says...
What's not to understand. The headline states Pilots Collapses While Landing - Meaning Pilot faints, passes out. The article further goes on to say "He return and upon landing the nose gear (the pilot)..." Notice (the pilot) - meaning the human operator of the aircraft, which could not be mistaken for the plane itself. Now because "...landing the nose gear is mention one should conclude that the plane was fully set on the ground otherwise it would have been class as a 'crash landing' and not just 'landing'. It is always good to read but sad when simple things cannot be comprehend. Or maybe just the typical Bahamian rather find fault in every thing to try put another down.
The only way this article would be confusing is if you yourself know that it was the plane's landing gear that had collapse and not the pilot. Until then the headline mentioned pilot collapse and the brief article state when during the flight and where.
Posted 6 March 2014, 7:55 a.m. Suggest removal
thomas says...
This is not the exact article that was first posted. It has been rewritten.
Posted 6 March 2014, 12:47 p.m. Suggest removal
thomas says...
OMG...what is this article saying?
Posted 5 March 2014, 8:58 p.m. Suggest removal
B_I_D___ says...
Definitely a very poorly written article...as someone familiar with aviation this article even confused me...the syntax is deplorable. My only guess is that the paper restricted the writer to 10 words or less. When a plane lands properly the main gear under the wings touch first and once the plane slows down further the nose gear makes contact...at which point this pilot passed out or blacked out...the article itself is terrible.
Posted 5 March 2014, 10:28 p.m. Suggest removal
positiveinput says...
lol the first line has more than ten words so I hope guessing like that being familiar with aviation means around the airport, you are responsible for reloading the bathrooms soap and tissue cause to even be a baggage handler, you may guess the bags belongs to someone who never gave you them.
Posted 6 March 2014, 8:12 a.m. Suggest removal
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