Twin Otter vs Squirrel at St Barts, 24-08-2023
Air Antilles Twin Otter ran off the runway and amputated a wing against a parked Squirrel at St Barthelemy - all on the Twotter seem to have escaped unharmed.
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/344872 |
Oh dear! It's nice to hear that there were no injuries in the Twin Otter, hopefully also in the AS350. Twin Otters can be a little demanding to steer on the ground (because it would appear that the pilot had left the runway by a hundred feet!). It's hard to see what the nosewheel steering was doing, but I don't see any appreciable amount of rudder being applied in an attempt to get the plane away from the apron.
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Darn they grow those squirrels big in St Barts. Pilot must have SQUIRREL
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Fortunately the Twin Otter's fuel is in tanks under the cabin floor.
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Wonder if the right prop failed to go into beta?
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Originally Posted by dixi188
(Post 11491483)
Fortunately the Twin Otter's fuel is in tanks under the cabin floor.
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Investigation
NTSB or RSPCA?
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This was on the taxiway/ ramp. Not sure if video was sped up, but it looks inexplicable!
https://aviationsourcenews.com/incid...nt-barthelemy/ |
Originally Posted by punkalouver
(Post 11491543)
Obviously, you haven't flown one with wingtip tanks. All the ones i flew had them. The fueling guys where we were based didn't seem to like them as they made the pilots stand way up on a ladder to refuel them.
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Not a lot of space if something goes wrong. The helipad is only about 90ft off the edge of the runway. We had a Twin Otter burst a tyre at Newcastle and that ended up on the grass.
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Originally Posted by Lake1952
(Post 11491603)
This was on the taxiway/ ramp. Not sure if video was sped up, but it looks inexplicable!
https://aviationsourcenews.com/incid...nt-barthelemy/ |
Tough Helo? Wimpy DeH? Main spar snapped hitting a helicopter?
V/helo...? |
Originally Posted by Concours77
(Post 11492000)
Tough Helo? Wimpy DeH? Main spar snapped hitting a helicopter?
V/helo...? The MAIN spar did not fail in the lift direction...upwards. The design criteria for the MAIN spar is so much stronger to withstand Lift forces than for Drag forces. So hitting a stationary helicopter mast at 30 odd knots would seem to well exceed the designers wing Drag force calculations! |
Originally Posted by Flexible Response
After the FWD spar has separated at the attachment, the MAIN spar has then failed in the drag direction...aft.
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Who do the cops think they are not wearing high viz vests…
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Wimpy DeH? Main spar snapped hitting a helicopter? V/helo...? |
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