View Full Version : Not a Good Day for a Swim
Pharcarnell
17th Jan 2011, 02:36
Ditching off Cape Ford this morning. Anyone got any news?:ok:
206greaser
17th Jan 2011, 06:55
So no one knows anything huh? Well I'll bite. I heard it was KA. Anyone else?
Ixixly
17th Jan 2011, 07:39
By KA do you mean Katherine Aviation or Kakadu Air?
AussieNick
17th Jan 2011, 08:16
fair bet he's talking about Katherine Aviation
Hot High Heavy
17th Jan 2011, 11:00
Heard it was a 210 that they'd recently acquired that was a bit of a sh1tbox but no other details other than what the NT News reported..
Only way to retire a 210 - sink it.
The pilot should be buying lottery tickets - survived a crash then a swim in shark and croc infested waters ! Bet they'll be after a twin job now ! Glad to hear their safe - lucky it wasn't a full load !
rifdas
17th Jan 2011, 22:35
The 210 was landed on the beach below the high tide mark. The police aircraft circled for 3 hours until the Careflight chopper arrive and the tide had then rose to the bottom of the windscreen. The pilot was dry, sitting on the shore. Good outcome for the pilot. The mud geckos and sharks had to find lunch somewhere else.
tail wheel
17th Jan 2011, 23:48
This one?
http://www.ntnews.com.au/images/uploadedfiles/editorial/pictures/2011/01/18/plane-crash-650.jpg
Ex FSO GRIFFO
18th Jan 2011, 00:51
Just curious.....
Rego..?? Unable to see from photo.
Pity it wasn't a weee bit more up the beach....or is it mud there..??
Cheers:ok:
AussieNick
18th Jan 2011, 01:18
from my understanding it was put down on dry sand, but below the high tide mark, and as you can see, the tide was coming in.
ResumeOwnNav
18th Jan 2011, 07:31
MJD.
At least the dead turtle smell will get washed out now...
The Green Goblin
18th Jan 2011, 07:56
She'll have the oil dropped out the donk and refilled, the tanks topped and fly around the NT for another 20 years :P
eeper23
18th Jan 2011, 23:15
206greaser,
If your going to bite, get your facts right. KA recently acquired it off AF. Whilst KA do operate it currently (or did), they were not flying it in this case. The actual owner of the aircraft (not KA) had hired it out to a private person who then sunk it.... god knows what he was doing so far off the coast.
The Green Goblin
18th Jan 2011, 23:34
Landing on the beach around there is a far better choice than spearing though the mangroves/monsoon forrests/mudflats/flood plains.
I doubt he was flying 'far off the coast', he would have been flying along the coast and used command judgement to put it down on the beach!
He is lucky it was along that stretch and not further northeast of Darwin. I doubt we would have had the same result.
Ex FSO GRIFFO
19th Jan 2011, 00:12
Hey 'eeper',
reur 'God knows what he was doing so far off the coast'......
Can you pls advise the departure point and the intended destination?
Cheers:ok:
The Voice
19th Jan 2011, 00:53
Pilot survives crash-landing | News | NT News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | ntnews.com.au (http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2011/01/18/207251_ntnews.html)
gives the low down .. and I wouldn't be quite so quick with the "so far off the coast" quip!
compressor stall
19th Jan 2011, 00:59
with the croc-infested tide quickly rising
Gotta love the NT news. :E
Ex FSO GRIFFO
19th Jan 2011, 03:09
MANY TKS "Voicy".....
Nice to see you're back....and dependable as ever..!!
Happy New Year....:D:D:ok::ok:.....belatedly :p
tom88
19th Jan 2011, 10:59
Indeed it was MJD and boy can I tell you it was the most poorly maintained aircraft I have ever flown, hence the nickname Might Just Die (MJD).
I was subjected to flying that bucket whilst on a remote Aboriginal Community in 07-08 and resigned from the equally as shady company because of MJD. It was only a matter of time until it went down the wrong way.
beat ups are fun
19th Jan 2011, 22:17
At least the dead turtle smell will get washed out now...
Hahahaha I remember a few pilots complaining about that, It will be replaced by another smell of the pilot S**ting himself.
Yes it was a horrible aircraft with very dodgie maintenance. Just one look at the owners other aircraft is enough to start another thread. However it could have been pilot error eg. fuel exhaustion.
If there was something mechanically wrong with MJD we'll never find out. The company who maintains the aircraft (ant therefore will recover and investigate the accident) will never admit that there was any type of maintenance issue. I've seen them do it before on more than one occasion.
the ATSB needs to investigate this accident, chances are that they won't because it was only the pilot on board, BUT there is a fairly convincing case of accident causes being adjusted to suit insurance policies and cover up shotty work.
compressor stall
19th Jan 2011, 23:02
Curiosity got the better of me - I last flew MJD in 1999 from Timber Creek to Darwin, then back to Timber Creek. I didn't think much of it then!