210 down in Namibia

[Doodlebug]

New picture doing the rounds of a 210 on it's belly, looks like somewhere in the Namib. Wings look quite banged up, as does the front end. Please, somebody tell me that everybody got out in one piece?

[EladElap]

No fatalities, but the pilot and passengers were a little banged up. Happened near Swakop... no news about the cause yet.

[Doodlebug]

Yes, heard same elsewhere, too. Excellent news, very glad to hear it! No matter what the cause, well done for getting it down in one piece.

[Bob3213]

Vliegtuig stort by Swakopmund neer

[Bob3213]

Well done to the pilot!!!!

[Doodlebug]

'gebrek aan brandstof' - I don't know, from where I'm sitting (armchair expert) that prop looks both unfeathered and as if it was under power on impact. She must have had fuel.

[propcowboy]

"that prop looks both unfeathered" - well, I would be stunnned to find out after my days on that plane that you can feather the prop...

[nampilot66]

Well as a "armchair expert" do you know that you can't feather a 210's prop

[Doodlebug]

Oh for heaven's sakes, yes, I don't mean feathered as in on a turbine.

[Doodlebug]

My brain-fart and lack of correct terminology notwithstanding, yes, a 210 is not a Van, so shoot me - I still say the prop was turning on impact, if that picture in the article is anything to go by. In other words, I don't think the lady had run out of fuel.

[TxTD]

It could have been windmilling

[cavortingcheetah]

Variable pitch propellors, now, do you coarsen them or fine them to extend your glide range?

[kibz2005]

call me crazy (and feel free to correct me here) but i'm pretty sure that the coarser you can get it, the better right? that's what i was always taught anyway. high blade angle = less drag. although, having never actually had some time in the C210 I bow down to anybody with more time in the beast with words to share on company SOPs...

[Doodlebug]

Yes, coarsen, Mr Cheetah, but if you're thinking she may have been trying to stretch the glide, wouldn't the blades be bent more just towards the back than towards the back AND sideways? Anyway, just pure speculation, luckily she's made it and will no doubt tell the tale in due time. All alive = well done.

[nampilot66]

Coarsening the blades would improve the glide and would probably stop the prop. This will result in the loss of oil pressure so the blades will return to the full fine position.

[nampilot66]

"All alive = well done."


Agree with doodle bug, when the engine goes and everyone is ok its a job well done

[propcowboy]

well, it actually does not matter, everybody is safe, so the rest is just BS...

sorry for starting this

[Checkboard]

Coarsening the blades won't stop the prop.

[Voel]

Is this a repeat of what happended in 2008?

http://www.pprune.org/african-aviati...h-namibia.html

[cavortingcheetah]

But if course, having coarsened the prop blade angle, if you find you are extending the glide too far out into the Indian Ocean, you can always fine the prop off again - can't you?
Mind you, by the time you've worked all that out, you'll have run out of oxygen on the way down from FL200 or whatever astro plane you were on.