One down at Mareeba
11.15 qld time. Angel bush a/c twin pusher crashed just after take off. Being a noisy thing ...here comes the Angel !!... I watched it lift off . Rate of climb was very shallow, and with the gear still down it turned right at about 100 ft. Didnt sound like full power on both either
As soon as it started to turn right , down wind, again at a very low speed...the outcome was obvious. I called out 'level up, level up.!'.just land straight ahead .but the pilot never heard me. The right wing went down, the turn tightened into the vertical and nose and right wing first bit the dust in a cornfield 1/2 k north from the strip.
Pleased to see NO smoke, No fire
Triple zero rang out, flooded with other callers no doubt and Ambos were quick on the scene.
Wx 38C wind .10 kt westerly. Elev 1560 ft... And the dernsity altitude is?? ( abt 4500 at a rough guess)
EMS helicopter from CNS has just arrived and landed on the road by the cornfield. 12.10
State of the pilot and any pax...I guess it will all be in the media tonight.
Bugger.