A/C run off R/Way @ Mabuiag Island T-Strait

[LUCKY-1]

Folks, Anyone have any more details on this incident?

[Pseudonymn]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200604/s1625521.htm

[tepson121]

C'mon............who was it?


Skytrans, Troppos or barrier?:E

[old snoozer]

Close but no cigar - Cape Air Transport - C206

[15MileRock]

Please, please tell me it was a certain dodgy handlebar mustachioed pilot that did it....

[Blown Seal]

Well 15milerock aren't you just a right little mongrel! :* :yuk:
Whilst I have seen plenty of disgraceful behaviour displayed on pprune before, actually wishing someone to have had an accident is absolutely disgusting. Try thinking before you open your mouth next time.:hmm:

[tepson121]

"dodgy handlebar mustachioed pilot":}

You mean the $0.40 per mile he pays his pilots isn't the AWARD:}

[15MileRock]

Not wishing an accident on anybody, Blown Seal... just that if it happened to that company, better that he did it than one of the poor buggers that work for him. Wouldn't like to be in their shoes if that were the case.

[Continental-520]

Please, please tell me it was a certain dodgy handlebar mustachioed pilot that did it....

C'mon guys, let's not take the mickey too heavily here, after all, it is a "different kettle of fish from the RH seat", right?

Perfectly understandable.

520. :p

[Ace on Base]

$0.40 per mile...... Isnt that 100% more than another operator up there?:*

Absolutely BLOODY disgusting regardless!!:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Keep Smilin Sunshiners!!!!

[bushy]

Is that corect? Seven pob on board a C206 operating out of a 400m airstrip?

Do the numbers really work out?

[Woomera]

Seven POB for a C206 at Mabuiag is interesting. But this caught my eye:

"It is believed the aircraft skidded off the runway at the Mabuiag airport, hit a fence and ended up in a dam..."

Now, the only "dam" I recall near Mabuiag airstrip is that big one that stretches from the Arafura Sea to the Coral Sea?

[troppo]

bushy,
i guess it depends how big they are...could be four adults and three youths/babies...7 POB and 400 meters can work.

[bingomakintosh]

If I remember correctly, if they went into the dam, then they had to skid off the runway, past the almond tree, down the road, through town and just before the school turn right and up the hill to get wet in the dam. Me thinks they got a little salty. Not the first time it happened and probably not the last.

BM

[The Bullwinkle]

I had to ground loop a Bongo there once to stop going off the end, but that was when it was grass.
400 metres of bitumen takes the fun out of it !!!!.......:ok:

[AQIS Boigu]

Now, the only "dam" I recall near Mabuiag airstrip is that big one that stretches from the Arafura Sea to the Coral Sea?


there is a small dam just to the east of the airfield...

Is that corect? Seven pob on board a C206 operating out of a 400m airstrip?


...400m in a C206 at max weight out of Mabuiag not a problem... and legal too...

[old snoozer]

The Dam in question is about 1/3 the way down the left side of Runway 12 and its only resident I understand is reptilian and should only be confronted by Tarzan or Steve Irwin.

[The Gimp]

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i61/thegimpo/RWY33MAARN.jpg

On the right there.

For fark's sake it's sealed now!

[old snoozer]

Yep, thats the dam and from the call I got Mr Crocodile is getting nicely tanned on the top of the partly submerged wing. Perhaps leave the aircraft there as a water feature!!.http://www.pprune.org/forums/images/icons/x.gif

[DeafStar]

C310 nil wind wet runway. 30. Brings back memories aye gimp.

I think the bloke that did it is new to the Straits. Hopefully not the end to his career. Actullay he is a shoe in for Qantas now?!?!?

[The Gimp]

They were the days.

[Lefthanded_Rock_Thrower]

Is that a dog on the taxiway?, who would have thought.

[Chimbu chuckles]

Pretty spot by the looks.

[Captain Starlight]

Did anyone notice the very rare phenomenom in this photo,

BOTH windsocks actually pointing in the same direction?

A rare event indeed, as many past pilots will testify.

[5 Left & Right]

Nice photo Gimp, looks very familiar!!!!!, I'm guessing it was taken from the RH seat of a Bongo, in fact it was a red, white & blue bongo and a 300 if my memory serves me correctly. :ok:

[international hog driver]

The only reason the socks are in the same direction is because they are limp!

Thanks for the pic it does bring back memories.

A quick Q for the guys up there now, Did they ever open up the “resort”/hostel rooms available on coconut??

I always thought it would be a perfect place to sit and do nothing except read a book for a week in the sun. :ok:

Just like those immortal words….
“You no Gateway customer, You Wongai customer!”

[The Gimp]

You would know. How is the Isa??

[international hog driver]

Dont know, never been to Isa.

You have me confused with Doogie.....:ok: :E

[old snoozer]

for the querying Intl Hog Driver the answer is yes

http://www.poruma.com/

$450 per night though!!!!!!!!!

[The Gimp]

Sorry Hog, it was for the guy above you. 5LR

El Gimpo

[DeafStar]

Well Said E.

Operating up there can be a real challenge. Training and experience are your best defence. Unfortunatley everyone has to start at the bottom end of the scale. Keep your head high and stay safe.

Dx

[Brian Abraham]

STLTH, put the incident behind you and put the lessons learned in the bag of experience. You're not the first and wont be the last. An old saying is the trick is to fill the bag of experience with out emptying the bag of luck. Good luck in your career.
Blue Skies