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| This pilot needs to lose his licence . . |
| 23 Apr 15 11:11:38 |
XPost: van.general CTVNews.ca Staff - Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Pilot who landed plane on busy B.C. highway was advised of need for repairs: letter A pilot who was forced to land on a busy B.C. highway during rush hour had been warned that there were mechanical issues with his plane in the weeks before the crash. Paul Deane-Freeman, 49, was flying his ultralight aircraft over White Rock, B.C. on Wednesday evening when he was forced to make the crash landing. During the flight practicing water landings and takeoffs, his plane lost engine power while at a height of 365 metres (1,200 feet). “It seized up. That was it,” he told CTV Vancouver on Thursday. According to an aviation company where the plane was stored, Deane-Freeman had been informed that the plane had engine problems on April 11. In a letter obtained by CTV Vancouver and addressed to the pilot, the King George Aviation owners had warned Deane-Freeman not to fly the plane until it had been ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ inspected. ^^^^^^^^^^^^ “The flying skills that you have demonstrated to date are exceptional however your inability to understand our point of view when it comes to safety really concerns us,” the letter reads. The letter says he was made aware of mechanical problems with the plane when he purchased it, and was told that certain repairs were needed before it was safe to fly. “During the past two weeks you have taken your aircraft onto the water on numerous occasions despite our request for you to complete the above mentioned repairs and instructions.” The letter says the company had arranged for an expert to meet with him to help with his water landings, but they chose to cancel the visit when they realized the plane had not been repaired. “We wish to formally express our disappointment and highlight once more the extremely high risk of having a serious accident.” Deane-Freeman did not mention the warning in an interview with CTV Vancouver’s Nafeesa Karim on Thursday morning. He said the plane’s engine stopped while he flew over a group of trees, shortly before 6:30 p.m. He made a mayday call, then was forced to make a split-second decision: to land on Highway 91. Deane-Freeman managed to bring his small plane down over the southbound lanes of Highway 91, between 72nd and 64th Avenues. “I thought, ‘Oh no, not here. This is the worst place for this to happen,’” he said. “I was thinking about the cars. I didn’t want to get run over by a semi-truck or get into a head-on collision.” The plane barely cleared the treetops and clipped a sign with its wing before coming to a rest against the concrete median. The entire ordeal took less than two minutes, and he managed to land the plane without hitting any cars. Deane-Freeman was transported to hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries, and was released Thursday morning. “It was extremely painful,” Deane-Freeman said, but added that he knew the crash could have been much worse. “I feel pretty lucky, considering that I got the plane as far as I did, and forced it over the treetops,” he said. “It was pretty amazing.” No one on the ground was injured in the crash landing. Deane-Freeman said became a pilot in 2001, but took a break from flying for several years. He got his current licence a year ago, and had been flying the plane he was in on Wednesday for the last four months. Despite the crash, he said he plans to fly again as soon as he’s repaired the small plane. --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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