DHC 6-300 incident Gabon
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DHC 6-300 incident Gabon
TR-LGS, Dash 6-300 from Air Service crashed on landing in Tika yesterday, 3 injured,
Has anyone got some more information’s on this?
Fly save
Dakotanorb
Has anyone got some more information’s on this?
Fly save
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Tsika, what a strange runway with high tree on final.
How many A/c crashed there
The runway is going up and down, and right to left; need to play a lot with the steering & rudder.
Hopefully, only 3 got injured.
Fly safe.
DHC
How many A/c crashed there
The runway is going up and down, and right to left; need to play a lot with the steering & rudder.
Hopefully, only 3 got injured.
Fly safe.
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Nice pictures, mate... 
I heard 2 injured myself, might be 3 but anyways no fatalities. The aircraft on the other hand is a write off. Both crew were expat. And, as you guessed, it's not the first accident on that difficult runway...
I heard 2 injured myself, might be 3 but anyways no fatalities. The aircraft on the other hand is a write off. Both crew were expat. And, as you guessed, it's not the first accident on that difficult runway...
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Difficult Runway???
The aircraft involved is a Twinotter, not a A320!
Old Sparky from Kenya had a ground roll of 46 meters in RedX902 in Loki and I watched this self.
This is a difficult runway for Twinotter pilots that dose not know the aircraft. It looks to me like this:
The approach turned out to place the crew, (Captain little experience and Co-Pilot less than 400 Hr TT), in a situation that they did not expect. A go Around was initiated, but they neither could not avoid a touch down at this stage due to flap position. The aircraft turned out to be out of control after the wheels touched and left the crew behind the aircraft. The Captain had a bruise on the forehead and the Co-pilot a bruised knee when the dust settled.
Lack of training and lack of experience look to me being on of the major factors of this incident.
Don’t let this only by the pilots.
They were hired by a management that is under big financial pressure and has little experience in aviation on top of that. Air Service is still suffering from the expansion after the de Luces left. There were to many people hired that do not have the proper qualifications for the job they are supposed to do.
Only a major cut down to the essential proper qualified staff could make this company well financed and avoid further incidents.
I hope Air Service will learn out of this and move forward instead of risking to finally kill some one.
It is not right to blame only the pilots, the management of Air Service put them in to the seats of that Twinotther and is responsible as much as the pilots for what happened.
Fly save and be ahead of you aircraft
Dakotanorb
Old Sparky from Kenya had a ground roll of 46 meters in RedX902 in Loki and I watched this self.
This is a difficult runway for Twinotter pilots that dose not know the aircraft. It looks to me like this:
The approach turned out to place the crew, (Captain little experience and Co-Pilot less than 400 Hr TT), in a situation that they did not expect. A go Around was initiated, but they neither could not avoid a touch down at this stage due to flap position. The aircraft turned out to be out of control after the wheels touched and left the crew behind the aircraft. The Captain had a bruise on the forehead and the Co-pilot a bruised knee when the dust settled.
Lack of training and lack of experience look to me being on of the major factors of this incident.
Don’t let this only by the pilots.
They were hired by a management that is under big financial pressure and has little experience in aviation on top of that. Air Service is still suffering from the expansion after the de Luces left. There were to many people hired that do not have the proper qualifications for the job they are supposed to do.
Only a major cut down to the essential proper qualified staff could make this company well financed and avoid further incidents.
I hope Air Service will learn out of this and move forward instead of risking to finally kill some one.
It is not right to blame only the pilots, the management of Air Service put them in to the seats of that Twinotther and is responsible as much as the pilots for what happened.
Fly save and be ahead of you aircraft
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I won't say I know much about the incident, but it may be best to not jump to conclusions. I've heard different accounts of what happened. Qualification of crew and experience could be different from what has so far been stated. I will wait for an official report before making any further comments.
Happy to see everyone could walk away. Hopefully a valuable lesson has been learned by the crew.
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Happy to see everyone could walk away. Hopefully a valuable lesson has been learned by the crew.
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Hmmm... looks like the reports given on the experience of the crew is QUITE far off (I know the both of those fellows, quite well), they are not as inexperienced as this post would want us to believe.
Let's wait for the final report to babel away you say? Well, judging from the agencies which will carry out this investigation (namely the Gabonese ministry of transportation), we might as well discard the findings by turning the fax machine so that it shoots it into the garbage bin. Gabon is a monarchy, Air service belongs to this monarchy; I would be impressed to see a final report which puts directly the blame on a failed monar... I meant management, and not this poor crew.
Let's wait for the final report to babel away you say? Well, judging from the agencies which will carry out this investigation (namely the Gabonese ministry of transportation), we might as well discard the findings by turning the fax machine so that it shoots it into the garbage bin. Gabon is a monarchy, Air service belongs to this monarchy; I would be impressed to see a final report which puts directly the blame on a failed monar... I meant management, and not this poor crew.
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