Hi! Will
suggeswt you get a lottery ticket !
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Regards
Bob Harrison G-PTAG
>----Original Message----
>From: craigb@onthenet.com.au
>Date: 09/12/2011 23:57
>To: <europa-list@matronics.com>
>Subj: RE: Europa-List: off topic interesting incident
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>Ouch, lucky to get away with that one
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>From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
>[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of William
Daniell
>Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 6:20 AM
>To: europa-list@matronics.com
>Subject: Europa-List: off topic interesting incident
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>All
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>I attach a foto of one of our club pa28 taken yesterday. Have a look
at the
>wing.
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>The aircraft hit a tree in the approach to Bogota in a place called
Bojaca
>from the south west - you can find it on google maps. In addition
the
>aircraft has a big dent on the spinner and lost an main gear leg.
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>It appears that the aircraft was descending through a hole in the
cloud over
>bojaca and accidentally came up against a mountain of which there are
lots
>in Colombia. The aircraft hit a tree making the substantial hole in
the
>left wing loosing the fuel tank and main gear leg. The pilot as soon
as he
>saw the tree applied full power and had the presence of mind to
switch
>tanks.
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>Now here is the remarkable thing. The aircraft bounced off the top of
the
>tree and flew in this state to our base in Guaymaral SKGY which is
about 15
>minutes flying time and landed coming to rest obviously on the left
wing.
>Not a mark on the prop.
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>Will
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