SYFC Solo Student Pilot goes off the runway @ seletar
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http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest+News/Singapore/STIStory_172067.html
Oct 30, 2007
Selatar runway shut for 2 hours due to training mishap
By Karamjit Kaur and Tracy Sua
A TEENAGE trainee pilot ran his aircraft off a Seletar Airport runway during a practice session on Tuesday morning.
The 17-year-old Nanyang Junior College student was not hurt.
Nor was the aircraft he was learning to fly damaged.
But the incident caused the runway at the airport, which is now largely used for private jets, to be closed for about two hours.
The trainee was practising take-offs and landings in a single-engine propeller aircraft called the PA28 Piper Warrior when the accident happened at around 9.30am.
The trainee pilot was landing a solo practice flight when the plane ran off the runway.
It finally came to a stop on a grass patch off the tarmac.
General manager of the Singapore Youth Flying Club Colonel (NS) Andy Tan said that this was the first accident in the flying school's 36-year history.
He said the teen had been training for over seven months of a one-year programme and was aiming for his private pilot licence.
With over 30 hours clocked flying, the student was considered 'senior', he added.
'We will be counselling him through it. When a student encounters problems the important thing is to build up his confidence level and get him to fly with an instructor as soon as possible,' he said.
'We have been accident-free for the last 36 years and we want to reassure parents that we take the students' safety seriously and the students are well-trained by ex-air force pilots.'
The first-year Nanyang Junior College student had been balancing flight training with preparations for his GCE A-level oral exams which takes place within the next few days.
Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and Ministry of Transport investigators spoke to him at the scene.
The authority said the runway was closed so the plane could be removed and normal operations resumed immediately after. -
Well, Mr ( ex Col ) , there's always a first time for everything! no one was hurt, plane was intact, only ur pride...
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The boy must feel damn sh!tty loh... that's akin to being demoted. I think his PPL dream can throw into the sea liao.Originally posted by Tayysj:'We will be counselling him through it. When a student encounters problems the important thing is to build up his confidence level and get him to fly with an instructor as soon as possible,' he said.
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In the article, Andy Tan was quoted as saying the student will be given counselling and additional instruction time, so I don't think the SYFC has given up on him.
As an aside, the plane the student was flying (The Piper PA-28 Warrior) was the same type that I flew when I was working on my PPL years ago. It's a very forgiving and easy plane to fly.
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Poor Chap.
All the investigators on him.. in the midst of A level summore.
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where and how to get the investigation report? its not like NTSB where its easy to find rite?
anyway the plane is 9V-BOH