RTE report of light aircraft crash near Birr

coylemj

@rtenews on Twitter at c. 17:00

Reports of small plane crash near the airfield in Birr, Co Offaly. More details to follow ..

‏@ciaranmullooly (RTE midlands corr.) twitter at 17:02

Another small plane crash in Birr, county Offaly. 2 people injured. I will have more from the scene shortly

eastmayo

Hope all is ok.

Peregrine

Reports are emerging of a small plane crash near an airfield in Birr Co Offaly.

Emergency services have been called to the scene and it is understood two people have been injured.

It is believed that the injuries are not serious.

More details to follow.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0612/456258-plane-crash-near-airfield-in-birr-co-offaly/

I hope they're okay.

Wasn't there a fatal light aircraft crash near Birr in November?

coylemj

@ciaranmullooly on twitter at 17:38.....

2 people with non life threatening injuries after small plane went down near Birr airfield

coylemj

‏@ciaranmullooly at 17:42 ....

Plane that crashed was visiting area. Both people on board have cuts and bruises and minor injuries

Peregrine

Here's a few pictures from RTÉ

It's understood the two men in their 50s and 60s, walked from the wreckage and were treated for bruises and cuts.
They have now been taken to the Midlands Regional Hospital in Tullamore, but their injuries are not said to be life-threatening.

RTE link


The reg is EI-XLA, built in 2005.

It's an Urban Samba XLA, belonged to a private owner. You can find the name in if you look up the reg, dunno if I should put it up here.

seven_eleven

Ouch, they had a very lucky escape with that one. Wasn't the best day to be flying tbh.

andy_g

Yeah lads please dont identify anyone unless its released to the media.

That samba normally flies with two others and takes part in formation flying at fly-ins i know the lads that own them hope their ok.

sdanseo

Have seen much less damaged light aircraft where no-one walked away.

A very lucky escape, hope all involved are OK.

Nforce

XLA as seen at EIBR in happier times..

Stovepipe

They survived. In the end, that's all that matters.

regards
Stovepipe

pclancy

Those composite builds do seem to have good crash protection compared to older GA aircraft and keep their cockpit shape well in a smash.

Glad to hear they are both OK.

Xpro

Anyone know the cause of the crash?

andy_g

Xpro wrote: »

Anyone know the cause of the crash?

Please dont speculate on the cause of the accident please wait for the report to come out by the AAIU.

FWVT

It should be ok to ask if anyone heard any details on what witnesses saw, etc. No one wants to declare the probable cause at this stage but there seems to be very little information in this case. Facts like

Where exactly did the crash occur?
Was it landing/taking off?
Was weather bad at the time?
Did any other planes have any problems?

Ireland is a close-knit aviation community so someone will know somethig about it. If they share this then it's not to apportion blame or cause but to serve to educate us all on flying. There's not one incident I read about where I don't learn something new that makes me a safer pilot.

lomb

Looks like it crashed heading towards trees and the crash force was spread luckily over a horizontal distance. Probably an engine failure on take off or landing Id say but wait and see in due course.