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Aerodynamisist
20th Oct 2010, 23:50
I have been looking on the ATSB site and have not been able to find any reports for this accident, given there is a history of recent incidents for this operator I would have thought this one would have been investigated. can anyone shed any light ?
Aerodynamisist
17th Sep 2011, 12:37
Still no joy
Skydive operators have demonstrated for years an uncanny ability to keep serious incidents involving their aircraft well and truly on the quiet.
ContactMeNow
18th Sep 2011, 14:34
PVT ops, why should CASA care...:hmm:
No fare paying pax on those flights, plus being PVT ops - doesn;t that mean you are not required to pay your pilots? :=
CCS - joke of an organisation!
Aerodynamisist
18th Sep 2011, 20:49
It's not CASA in this case, this is ATSB's jurisdiction. They should care as there were people on board.
I can assure you CASA do care. I've seen FOI's grill the pilots for W+B calcs. The "operator" in question is/was nothing more than a bunch of cowboys who should never have been issued licenses.
Speaking of W&B. The usual load on a 182 jump aircraft is pilot plus 5 x meatbombs. :eek: I don't have the figures handy but I think you'd be hard pressed to squeeze that many in, with rigs and enough fuel of board for a couple of loads and still be under MTOW.
Lancair70
19th Sep 2011, 11:32
Fuel for a couple of loads and be under weight, not likely, unless they were all small, but fuel for one load and be under weight, most definitly. C182 p and above I think, have an increased MTOW over the earlier models, but they can have wingtip extensions and get increased MTOW under STC.
Back in day . . . .
Totally agree that skydiver aircraft operators have a knack of keeping accidents and incident things out of record books, I know of at least 3 that I can find no record of at all, despite serious and permanent disabling injuries in one.
FWIW.....the pilot of the "disorganisation" in question couldn't do the calcs!! :sad: