The pilot of a light plane has miraculously survived a crash which destroyed his plane near Wungong Dam, Bedfordale.
The light plane crash near Wungong Dam in Jarrahdale. The pilot suffered minor injuries. Photo: RAC Rescue helicopter. Source: PerthNow
The light plane crash near Wungong Dam in Jarrahdale. The pilot suffered minor injuries. Photo: RAC Rescue helicopter. Source: PerthNow
THE pilot of a light plane who miraculously survived a crash that destroyed his plane has revealed he had purchased the plane only hours earlier.
The male pilot crash-landed his single-engine Jabiru aircraft on the bank of the Wungong Dam in Bedfordale, about 45km south-east of Perth at about 9.15am.
The plane, which was carrying a full tank of fuel that was leaking, suffered major structural damage in the crash but he escaped with little more than a scratch.
Paramedic Jason Boschin told Nine News he was amazed that the pilot came away virtually injury-free.
"We've been to a few aircraft mishaps in the past and the injuries have been severe, so we were preparing for the absolute worst," he said.
"We were quite elated when we flew over the top and he was waving at us."
The grandfather, a pilot of four years, did not speak on camera but told Nine News he bought the $30,000 aircraft that morning from a deceased estate.
He said it came with a full safety inspection report but just minutes into a flight to York, the engine cut out while flying at about 610m and he couldn't restart it.
Footage of the aircraft's landing, the only clear piece of land amongst dense forest, showed it came to rest just metres from a stump on the rocky bank of the catchment dam.
The plane was fully insured.
The pilot arrived at Jandakot Airport at about 10.20am but did not require assistance from St John Ambulance.
WA police officers were tonight securing the crash scene, with Recreational Aviation Australia, the regulatory body for light aircraft in Australia, likely to carry out a review of the possible causes of the engine failure.
with AAP
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