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Teen pilot breaks her new plane after forgetting how the brakes work
Report lays out disastrous landing attempt that left a battered two-seater and gouges in the tarmac
A teenage pilot who hadn’t flown for seven months came a cropper when she tried to land her new plane – and couldn’t operate the brakes.
Running out of room on the 1,920m runway at Musina Aerodrome in Limpopo last June, and still travelling at high speed, the 19-year-old veered onto a taxiway.
The nose landing gear broke off the two-seater plane, closely followed by both propeller blades, which left a series of gouges in the tarmac...
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