VH-PLF Cessna 182H
Skylane
(c/n 18256637)
Another shot from the Tony Arbon
collection of a Cessna at Moorabbin in 1989. On 3 November
1996, VH-PLF had
successfully dropped four parachutists and was returning to
Bridgewater, Vic
landing strip when, in order to
obviate noise to a nearby dwelling the pilot decided to use the short
700
metre north-south strip rather than the 1100 metre east-west option.
. In the event he overran
this
short strip and crashed about 40 metres beyond the boundary
fence. The wreck was removed
to Moorabbin but was subsequently written off.