Fugro 406 Crash in Entebbe

[MungoP]

Sounds like a report written by somebody who had heard of an 'aircraft' and seen photo's of one in a book.

[MainPeanut]

This is a bunch of BS. So sad that the pilot must now take the blame because somebody wants to hide something.

[MungoP]

Mr Simon Ejua probably has to take his shoes and socks off before attempting to count to 20... a/c climbed to 1500 mtrs ... then managed to crash half way down the runway.. (sorry, I forget... does this model have an afterburner ? )...

"The necessary remedial actions will be undertaken to avoid re-occurrence of similar accidents in future".

So.. we can expect someone from the Ugandan CAA to arrive in the cockpit before taxi clearance and inspect our trim settings ?

Basically this 'report' can be summed up as "We haven't got a clue what happened but whatever it was it's not our fault ".

An eye-witness report quoted earlier reported that the a/c took off normally but then climbed steeply "like a fighter-jet" before nosing over and crashing back onto the runway... If that report is at all accurate it sounds as though the HS trim might have been fully aft.. or a CofG problem arose.

Having spent many years operating survey a/c I know that whenever we position somewhere we're loaded to the gills with a myriad of equipment all of which has to be tightly secured... My initial thought was that maybe something heavy came loose after rotation and moved aft....

With this BS report as final we'll probably never know... Africa Wins Again.

[ehwatezedoing]

Originally Posted by Skillie

Uganda: Entebbe Plane Disaster Blamed On Human Error

The Monitor (Kampala)

15 February 2008

Tabu Butagira
Kampala

AFTER four months of intensive work with forensic examinations across three continents, investigators into the September 26, 2007 fatal plane crash at Entebbe International airport have concluded that human error apparently caused the 8-seater Cessna aircraft to crash.

Human error yes but not from the pilot as this strange "report" is implying.

From the rumor mill:
The day or night before the accident another aircraft was parked tail to tail with the 406.
This aircraft (don't know its type) either conducted a run up or moved in such a way that during the process its blast badly banged up ZS-NVD's elevator.

Damages were done in such a way that Erard couldn't notice it during his walk around.....And couldn't keep control the 406's attitude after take off...

There is a lot of similarities with Air Moréa Twin Otter crash in Tahiti.
Jet-blast damaged elevator cables on crashed Moorea Twin Otter


So, watch where you park your kit and remember to keep an eye where your blast is going.


And someone will have to explain me how they could come to the conclusion that a rudder trim set to full left position was the cause of this crash ?
Eye witnesses said that the 406 went up stalled a first time, recovered, went up a second time stalled again and crashed! Or something like this.