PN68 Crash Bangalore

[ausflyer]

Sadly, it seems that a local (Jakkur) based PN68 Partenavia has been involved in an incident today at Bangalore. All four occupants appear to have perished.
Condolences to all concerned.

[iamanaussiemavrick]

The Partenavia was of a gold and textile giant of south india..

The flight was on the way to pick him from cochin. The PIC was from Madras Flying Club it seems..

[divinesoul]

yup it is(now was) owned by Joy Alukkas,registration VT-JOY.

RIP to the deceased.

[viking320]

Its sad to hear that 4 pilots have passed away in the Bangalore crash.to the family and friends of Sunil,Santhosh,and others our prayers and thoughts are with you in your difficult time.May god give you the strength and care to move forward and show his light and wisdom to all.
ITS A SAD WEEK FOR INDIAN AVIATION

[ashwinrao]

Wrong fuel caused air crash in Bangalore?

Rasheed Kappan

Avgas is the gasoline meant for reciprocating piston engine aircraft

While Avgas is blue, ATF is colourless

BANGALORE: The six-seat Vulcanair Partenavia (P-68C) that crashed shortly after take-off here on Saturday appears to have had the wrong fuel in its tank. This discovery has led the investigating team from Chennai to shift its focus to the city’s HAL Airport, where the aircraft was last refuelled before its disastrous journey to Kochi.

The team found traces of Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) from the wreckage, instead of the blue-dyed low-lead 100LL Avgas that should have gone into the P-68C tank. While ATF is used by turbine-powered aircraft, Avgas is the gasoline meant for reciprocating piston engine aircraft such as the one that crashed into the Gowdanapalya lake, said Civil Aviation Ministry sources. It was not immediately clear how the colourless ATF was mistaken for blue-dyed Avgas. The investigating team inspected the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) records at the HAL Airport on Monday, the sources said. IOC supplies aviation fuel to the airport.
Volatile

As Avgas is very volatile and extremely flammable at normal operating temperatures, procedures and equipment for safe handling of this product are supposed to be of the highest order. Avgas fuelling nozzles for over-wing dispensing are painted red. To help prevent the possibility of jet fuel being supplied to a piston engine aircraft, the nozzle of an Avgas fueller is limited to a maximum diameter of 40 mm and the aperture on an aircraft Avgas tank to a maximum of 60 mm diameter.
No black box

The inquiry confirmed that the engines of the ill-fated aircraft ceased. The team had to manually extricate critical aircraft components from the wreckage stuck in the lakebed. As the aircraft was not equipped with a Flight Data Recorder, the team could rely only on the evidence from the ground.


http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/11/stories/2007091152770600.htm