A plane landed in our mares’ field this afternoon!

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Unbelievably, both people got out and walked away! A friend was teaching in the school opposite and said it seemed to lose power. He popped across to help. Fortunately, there aren’t many mares and none were hurt.

Apparently it’s going to be collected tomorrow. God knows how they’re planning on getting it up the lane and past the stables on one side and breeze block buildings on the other. A lorry fits through, but with wings protruding, who knows how they’ll do it.

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They will probably detach the wings some how.
Glad it landed safely and everyone was ok. It could have been so much worse
 
My god, that's a bit mad!

Did the occupants say anything to you or did they just get out and wonder off?
 
I think they stayed around given they’ve organised collection for tomorrow. I dunno, I’ll ask my mate when I see him tomorrow, this is my sharer’s photo. He just said he popped over to help. The field’s a bit scraped up looking at other photos, the nose cone is full of mud and the offside wing is a bit screwed and covered in mud, so 8 guess it came down with a bump! Probably from the aerodrome down the road.
 
Crikey, I've had a couple of heli's over the years as am v close to local airfield, but never any planes or micro's etc!
Could be interesting lifting that out with hi-ab crane. DO ensure you have their insurance details as they'll need to make good the land after (even if it has to wait till spring to be filled in and rolled etc) and sort any details out before plane is collected.
 
I have had a few hot air balloons land in the fields and woods(that one was fun!) when we lived on one particular cattle farm, but never a plane.
Richard Branson if you're on here we never did get the promised free flights for removing the one stuck in the trees.
 
Had a hot air balloon land in our field once, my husband accepted a bottle of (not very good) fizzy wine to release them through our locked gates. When we told the farmer next door he laughed and said the going rate was £75.

Seriously you do need to get details to compensate for any damage to land on landing and more likely on recovering it.
 
Hope they have fully comp insurance, as of course everyone at your yard now has whiplash plus PTSD and the horse's all need back teeth and tack check plus the menage re surfacing and the field drainage sorting and re grassing, lottery time..
 
Crikey. Thought this was going to be a thread about model planes. Au contraire.
Glad all are ok - do post photos of it being moved up that narrow lane!
 
Pedantic said:
LOL, bit like pulling on the handbrake on your car and the doors falling off, but without the 50,000ft head first dive towards the ground....
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Eek - that would hurt!

OP - it is worth getting the registration of the Plane (big number on side that starts with G) and speaking to the LAA (Light Aircraft Authority). They will advise of what should happen next - the air rules are very strict, so a full report will have to be filed by the plane's owner/pilot. It is my understanding (hubby flies a small plane) that the land should be repaired after an unscheduled landing. As others have said, at least the people were able to walk away and none of your horses were hurt.
 
Oh my life, how bizarre!! Glad no-one was injured.

The dad of a girl at my old yard used to fly one of those microlight things. Is it a microlight? Basically a parachute with an engine set-up. Anyway, he wasn't particularly good at judging when he needed an extra engine 'boost' and once crash landed in the horses field. The horses weren't the least bit worried and just stood there watching him come into land and then lazily sauntered over to see what had invaded their field.

I think he was more scared of the horses than the other way round.
 
twiggy2 said:
I have had a few hot air balloons land in the fields and woods(that one was fun!) when we lived on one particular cattle farm, but never a plane.
Richard Branson if you're on here we never did get the promised free flights for removing the one stuck in the trees.
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I'm not sure I'd want them, free or not! :O
 
Hello. So glad to hear all ok. Would you be willing to speak to me about what happened for an article on horseandhound.co.uk? My number is 01252 555022, or if you prefer to email/supply your number by email, my address is rachael.turner@timeinc.com. Many thanks, Rachael Turner (H&H news writer)
 
I'm glad that all involved, including horses were ok.

We once had a hot air balloon land in our top field, taking the drystone wall with it into the next field, which doesn't belong to us. We were busy trying to catch and calm the horses as the occupants were disembarking etc. By the time we had sorted the horses out and brought them in, the balloonists had legged it, leaving us to pay for the wall to be rebuilt!
 
Ha, Pedantic, funny boy! There was much talk of insurance tonight, the mares were kept in tonight and the plane is still in situ.

The wings come off?! Omg! Who knew?! Stripping it was mentioned, I don’t see how it will get through the buildings otherwise.

Thanks, Mcfluff, I’ll mention it to the relevant people.

Rachael, I’ll ask my mate who watched it come down. There are more pictures on the local Facebook group. I’ll find a link.
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Ah ha! It took me a while to shift throught the likely suspects.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=p...7AkIQg&biw=1400&bih=927#imgrc=3t03PX6bGQqPcM:

Every landing you walk away from is a good 'un. Every pilot has a well defined instinct toward SELF PRESERVATION!

Don't worry about wings detaching over your head through someone pulling da little lever - cos there isn't one! (Jeez, the things some folk believe!) These little Pipers are great fun but they won't get you any where near 50,000ft !!! Mien Gott that's Concorde country - 16,000ft maximum reccommended - take you about an hour to get there too, like trying to do the National fences on a pony.
 
cinnamontoast said:
Unbelievably, both people got out and walked away! A friend was teaching in the school opposite and said it seemed to lose power. He popped across to help. Fortunately, there aren’t many mares and none were hurt.

Apparently it’s going to be collected tomorrow. God knows how they’re planning on getting it up the lane and past the stables on one side and breeze block buildings on the other. A lorry fits through, but with wings protruding, who knows how they’ll do it.

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Wow scary.............


I have thought about what would happen if one did, as the neighbour used to land his helicopter which was very noisy and spooked the horses. Glad no one hurt are you going to charge grass livery price while it is on your land :D
 
Sorry if the link I left didn't work - here is a better one http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/001130515.html

Looking to the future - visible impact damage, airscrew bent (i.e. still under power when in contact with the ground) engine in shock (stalled by overload) starboard wing abraided, under carriage and unknown associated airframe impact damage - prognosis - not good. Could be the knackerwagon I'm afraid. Much depending on a chat with the insurers - tea but definately no biscuits.
 
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