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Old 25th Feb 2017, 06:02
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B772
 
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Tee Emm.

I am pleased you have mentioned this accident that took place off R/W 17 at Essendon on 3 Dec 1993. The DH-104 had a pilot and 9 pax on board for a local flight. There was no baggage.

Just after rotation at 50 ft and 84 kts IAS the right engine lost power and the a/c yawed to the right. The (1500 hours on type, total experience 18,000 hours) experienced pilot then selected gear up only to find nothing happened. He recycled the gear selector and the gear retracted. By this stage the airspeed was well below take-off safety speed. No radio calls were made. The flaps (20 degrees) were not retracted due to the very low airspeed and despite the pilot planning to land in the street the aircraft impacted power lines and ended up bouncing off a number of residential roofs before sliding to the ground. There was no fire and no serious injuries.

Some observations after the accident.

1) From start of take off to the accident approx. 1 minute. No radio calls.

2) In theory the aircraft could have landed back on R/W 17 with about 245 feet to spare.

3) If a flapless take-off had been made the outcome most likely would have been different. (The pilot did not have a chart for a flapless take-off so assumed it was not approved).

Lessons to be learnt.
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