so...

[Hasselhof]

Abbreviated and from the Brisbane Times (http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/mackay-airport-plane-crash-sees-pilot-and-dog-escape-unharmed-20150730-giocz6.html)

A pilot and his dog are unharmed after a dramatic landing at a Queensland airport.

The right side landing gear failed on an ultra-light plane as it came in to land at Mackay Airport about 3.40pm Thursday. The body of the Beechcraft Bonanza A36 made contact with the runway and skidded to a halt but the man in his 40s and his dog were both safe, a police spokesman said.


http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/o/d/1/m/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.giocz6.png/1438294864920.jpg

Given that this is the picture they've used for the article, with the tag line A Beechcraft Bonanza A36 similar to this one crash landed at Mackay Airport., is there any actual chance that the Australian one in question was a turbine with tip tanks, or is this more clueless journalism?

[UnderneathTheRadar]

I think you're being a bit harsh actually - they actually found the right manufacturer AND model - which is 1000% better than most stories.

Not sure the A36 would be classified as Ultra light though....

[no_one]

Journalists rule of aircraft names:
A380 == "Jumbo"
737 == "Cessna"
Cessna 208 or smaller == "Ultralight"

[Lookleft]

With a PT6 up the front could that be better described as a single engine Baron rather than a turbine Bonanza? Looks like a nice machine.

[kingRB]

actually surprised they didn't think it was a jag

[Slugfest]

Dog didn't do his job....he let the pilot touch the controls!:p

[Cuban Eight]

A dog?! Brilliant! Is it legal? Is it not? Maybe he can share his interpretation of the CARs with us on the carrying dogs thread :ok:

http://www.pprune.org/pacific-general-aviation-questions/555233-dogs-freight-2.html

[Rotor Work]

ABC had it as a twin:ugh:

A light plane has crashed at Mackay airport in north Queensland.

Police said the aircraft crash landed on the tarmac about 2:30pm.

Emergency services are at the scene.

Authorities said the landing gear on a twin engine plane collapsed when the aircraft touched down.

Police said there were no reports of serious injuries.

[tail wheel]

Yes, Allison B250. Interestingly, smaller diameter prop than other Bonanza turbine conversions I've seen. And winglets too...........

[Pinky the pilot]

Just a thought;
Given the now obvious fact that the Media are seemingly incapable of getting the facts and information correct in reporting on Aviation incidents/accidents, then just how accurate are they in anything on which they report?:confused::confused:

I can still remember reading in some tabloid rag many years ago about an incident which involved a Piper Centurion!:rolleyes::mad::rolleyes::mad:

[601]

Journalists rule of aircraft names:
A380 == "Jumbo"
737 == "Cessna"
Cessna 208 or smaller == "Ultralight"

GA Jet = Learjet

The one that gets me all the time is;
"private charter"

[captjns]

Two conversions available for the A/B 36

Quick Look: Turbine Bonanza conversions - AOPA (http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2015/January/Pilot/t_ql)