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RE Koyich
28th Oct 2023, 02:29
Courier Mail is reporting the Mackay rescue helicopter is over the site of a light plane crash in the Pioneer Valley - Between Finch Hatton and Eungella
spinex
29th Oct 2023, 04:59
QPS now reporting it as a double fatal. RIP
Squawk7700
29th Oct 2023, 05:06
Oh it’s been such a bad few months.
There was a witness for this one that saw “it slam into the side of the mountain”. Wow.
chimbu warrior
29th Oct 2023, 09:39
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-29/two-people-presumed-dead-in-finch-hatton-light-plane-crash/103036876
Sad outcome.
Capt Fathom
29th Oct 2023, 11:31
There was a witness for this one that saw “it slam into the side of the mountain”. Wow.
Hmmm…. what has been reported so far!
Mackay Whitsunday Detective Inspector Emma Novosel said a member of the community who lived in the Finch Hatton area had heard a light aircraft flying overhead “and suddenly a distant noise”.
She said when the community member no longer heard the plane he phoned triple-0 just before 9am prompting an aerial and land search for the possible crash site.
Squawk7700
29th Oct 2023, 12:36
Hmmm…. what has been reported so far!
Mackay Whitsunday Detective Inspector Emma Novosel said a member of the community who lived in the Finch Hatton area had heard a light aircraft flying overhead “and suddenly a distant noise”.
She said when the community member no longer heard the plane he phoned triple-0 just before 9am prompting an aerial and land search for the possible crash site.
I should have quoted the article. There's all sorts of variations on it. I legitimately quoted word for word. My use of the word "wow" was more of a "oh really?" response.
Another says this:
"Emergency services were alerted on Saturday around 9am after witnesses reported seeing the aircraft come down near Finch Hatton."
Squawk7700
30th Oct 2023, 05:34
It appears that the aircraft was a Socata TB20.
Kulwin Park
30th Oct 2023, 10:31
Is the TB20 the same as a TB200? The only TB20 series I ever saw around the country was VH-LWR which had a BMW symbol on the tail, painted yellow white from memory, and a red TB21 retractable but never saw it again.
Capt Fathom
30th Oct 2023, 11:07
There are 24 TB20’s on the CASA register. Just one TB200. The TB200 has fixed undercarriage. The TB20 has retractable undercarriage.
VH-LWR is a TB200 according to CASA.
Squawk7700
30th Oct 2023, 11:26
There are 24 TB20’s on the CASA register. Just one TB200. The TB200 has fixed undercarriage. The TB20 has retractable undercarriage.
VH-TWR is a TB200 according to CASA.
TWR? That's a PA31.
PiperCameron
2nd Nov 2023, 00:06
The ATSB are on the job: https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2023/report/ao-2023-052