Hobart r/w 30 Pitt Water SID
Ansett B727-200 Auckland bound
For a while Ansett ran Hobart- Auckland. And there was the Ansett B727-200 that, due weather conditions, and at night, required to depart RWY12 with about 8 knots tailwind. Shortly after rotation the RWY 12 LLZ failed and, despite attempts by the controller to reset the aid, nothing eventuated. Techs called and discovered LLZ aerial missing!! Wires and fragments found tangled in the undercarriage of VH-RM.. on arrival in Auckland
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As others have said the Pitt water departure was the only 30 departure in AN/TN days due to Engineout limitations with a straight ahead engine failure.Hobart wasn't the only port with a 'curved' departure and all were based on a turn from a visual sighting point ( SE shore of Barilla Bay rings a bell ) then a 15' bank turn on to the escape heading.( I also remember that 3 lights had to be visible for a night departure.Two on Mt.Lord and a third on the point NW of the runway.Don't think that one is there now.Eventually each Airline came up with a straight flight path engine fail procedure and the Pitt water dep. went out of favour for jet ops.Have noticed that QF still use it though in VMC conditions.
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Think DJ used it a week or so ago but that may well have been due to inbound traffic heading from Clark to Tea Tree. DJ tend to go a lot further towards Tea Tree before turning right to intercept 335 radial for Launie.
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... Techs called and discovered LLZ aerial missing!! Wires and fragments found tangled in the undercarriage ...
However, the aircraft did knock over the LLZ monitoring aerial ... 2m high and 200m from the end of the runway!
