Network F100 bent??
 

Saw some pics of what was purported to be a Network F100 bent yesterday on landing in the WA mines.

Any info out there??

The ATSB are investigating it, so in 12 months we should have the story.

F100 bent
 

So which mine? Hopefully not the one with the hump in the middle.

Investigation: AO-2012-137 - Hard Landing - VH-NQE, Fokker F-28 Mk 100, Nifty Aerodrome, Western Australia - 19 October 2012

Could it be this one?

Why wait twelve months? The flight sim brigade will have their final report finished within a week, just after the execution of the pilot.:O

Investigation: AO-2012-137 - Hard Landing - VH-NQE, Fokker F-28 Mk 100, Nifty Aerodrome, Western Australia - 19 October 2012

fokkers are quite cheap, i wonder if it will be a write off ?

I hope not. The skipper is an experianced pilot and a real gentleman.

The big Q will rebuild it at any cost won't they? Can't have a hull loss...

Reality is, Network have more F100s on order than they need. So even if this one is reduced to spares, they will just introduce another ex Avianca machine quicker than originally planned.

Fokkers are a tough bird though. If it's just suffering from a little wrinkled skin it'll be fine.

Not a problem.

A little bit of polish and some 'international' money and she'll be as good as new :D

Was it the new bloke in the left seat???

Not LG or BS I hope.

Bent? r@@ted more like it.

Bent rippled torn all of the above apparently windshear caused the heavy landing looks like the first hull loss for Qantas :{

Can we see the pix as well?

I've seen a couple of pics, totally repairable. Not worse than the 717 a few years back. A bit of reskinning and NDT testing probably.

Stepson just drew my attention to this paragraph on Ben's blog.

It seems very fair minded.

What impact is this having on ops into Nifty? Do they have sufficient parking for the U/S aircraft as well as their own requirements for FIFO?

There is no way Qantas will stand for a hull loss... They will spend millions if they have to... Just like the 747 they fixed! :ugh:

F100 bent
 

Is Steve K still training F100 pilots or has he moved on to greener pastures?

Fancy me thinking that if it's economical to repair it, it'll be repaired. And if it's not, it won't. :\