It’s being reported that VH-HCE, a Cessna 152 from Basair, has crashed after take-off at Bankstown airport. Both pilot and passenger are reported to have exited the aircraft safely after it came down. The Cessna (shown left) was reportedly found upside down in a field adjacent to Nancy Ellis Leebold Drive close to the airport. […]
Cessna 152 crashes on landing at Bankstown Airport
A Cessna 152 crashed on landing on 29R at Sydney’s Bankstown Airport (YSBK) yesterday. The 152 was piloted by a student pilot on a solo flight. Details are sill not available, but the aircraft’s nose wheel assembly appeared to collapse on landing at the threshold of 29R which caused the nose to contact the ground […]