Historical accident Chieftain at Tullamarine airport.
Way back in the 1970's (I think) a Chieftain departed Tullamarine runway 34 at night on a paper run. A partial engine failure occurred shortly after lift off accompanied by what the pilot perceived as a fire. In fact it was oil spraying on the turbo charger after the dip stick had ejected. The pilot tried for a RH circuit but due to low rate of climb was unable to out climb rising terrain and he went in. I don't recall if he feathered the prop or it was windmilling.
Could anyone supply more details on the accident which featured in Aviation Safety Digest. What was the pilot's name? The BASIS report was excellent and gave a comprehensive analysis of all the drag factors that combined to reduce the single engine rate of climb.
Last edited by Centaurus; 11th Jun 2013 at 03:47.