[kellyhound]

This morning a small plane made an emergency crash landing on a highway in China. The local government said that the scene has been cleared and traffic has been restored on the affected roads. There were no injuries.

[CrushedOrange]

Both extremely lucky and well done. Milked the glide through the gap in the trees while turning without getting into a full stall.

[Roosta]

Controlled Stall Crash. Well done to line it up !

[William May]

This must be Taiwan China. Road is too nice, and registration number starts with a "B"

Also, virtually NO private light aircraft in China, although they are trying to change that.

[kellyhound]

Originally Posted by William May ↗

This must be Taiwan China. Road is too nice, and registration number starts with a "B"

Also, virtually NO private light aircraft in China, although they are trying to change that.

Happened on a highway near Jinshitan in Dalian, China. Plane was a Sunward SA 60L Aurora. The aircraft can be equipped for banner-towing, aerial photography and has an airshow smoke generation system available.

The Golden pebble beach resort area is not far from that but staff from the Jinshitan National Tourism Resort said that the crashed plane did not belong to the scenic area. "We don't have this business in the scenic area. We don't know where it came from."

Industry insiders told reporters that the aircraft that made the emergency landing was a two-seat light sports aircraft that can be used for tourism, flight training, etc.

The tail of the plane was written with "B-10KP" and one side of the wing was written with "Dalian Hongwu General Aviation".

https://www.planespotters.net/photos/reg/B-10KP

https://www.jetphotos.com/registration/B-10KP

[William May]

Originally Posted by kellyhound ↗

Happened on a highway near Jinshitan in Dalian, China. Plane was a Sunward SA 60L Aurora. The aircraft can be equipped for banner-towing, aerial photography and has an airshow smoke generation system available.

The Golden pebble beach resort area is not far from that but staff from the Jinshitan National Tourism Resort said that the crashed plane did not belong to the scenic area. "We don't have this business in the scenic area. We don't know where it came from."

Industry insiders told reporters that the aircraft that made the emergency landing was a two-seat light sports aircraft that can be used for tourism, flight training, etc.

The tail of the plane was written with "B-10KP" and one side of the wing was written with "Dalian Hongwu General Aviation".

https://www.planespotters.net/photos/reg/B-10KP

https://www.jetphotos.com/registration/B-10KP

Well, I guess it IS Mainland Chinese!

The Chinese adopted the U.S. Federal Aviation Regulations almost completely, but they had a real problem with small airplanes FLYING JUST ANWHERE, like they do in the U.S. The Chinese had a hard time understanding "uncontrolled airspace" in the U.S. where light aircraft can travel wherever they want. But they are apparently slowly warming up to it.

I supported a Learjet that was sent to China, and was flown over there by one of our test pilots, who also stayed to give them some training. He told me the tower would ask him how many takeoffs and landings he was planning, and then tell him he was done flying when he reached that number. Also, when he was on final approach, the control tower would tell him "Land Now!" when he got the end of the runway. He said after the first day, he told them "100 takeoffs and landings!" and then would just quit when the training was done, and he ignored the commands to "Land Now!" and just did his normal approaches and landings.

It was like little kids watching airplanes at an airport, and telling the plane flying over "OK. Turn right now!" That AIN'T the way it works.

I was surprised to see a huge Chinese contingent at the Oshkosh Airventure several years ago, working on establishing public light aviation in China. The FAA explained to them how our light aircraft operate, and they were just getting the idea about airplanes flying around freely, just to look at the cows, or go for the "$100 hamburger" which is what U.S. pilots call flying out somewhere for breakfast. I think they were working on making altitudes below 10,000 feet available for free flight, if the aircraft were not commercial or military. But it will take some time before they are used to aircraft just flying around freely, looking at the landscape, and giving the grand-kids a ride. I haven't been to Oshkosh for a couple of years, but they usually report on light aircraft in China. Maybe I will go next year.

The Chinese DO NOT hike or camp, like we do in National and State Parks. They have a LOT of people, but they are all gathered in cities. There is a LOT of remote countryside that no one ever even visits.

When I was on my trip to China in 2000, I met a man who was a cross-country hiker, and he said that at that time, almost no one went camping, or even hiking out in the wilds. He actually went to a cave that had the name "Cave of 10,000 Skeletons", which was the site of a battle in the 1700's, and reported there were STILL bones in the cave. It had probably only been entered a few times by people in the intervening years. China has 4000 years of history, and virtually ALL of it is documented on paper. When we cruised up the Yangtze river, the paths on each side of the river where the boatmen towed boats upriver with ropes was still clearly visible, and was even paved in places. You can figure they were in use for at least 2000 years of that history.
EVERYWHERE in China is an archeological site. It's a real trip!

[durt]

They fly the same way they drive, he fit right in!

[akham]

Originally Posted by Roosta ↗

Controlled Stall Crash.

Actually, every (good) landing is a controlled stall.