Cairns accident
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News.Com. .. .Plane crashes near Cairns . .AAP. .09mar02. .. .A PILOT and family of three passengers escaped serious injury after their plane crash-landed in north Queensland. . .. .The pilot was trapped for a short time after the landing but has since been taken to hospital with minor injuries. . .. .Police say air traffic control alerted authorities the inbound twin-engine Cessna was in trouble at 5.45pm (AEST). . .. .The pilot reported low fuel and was forced to land 18km short of Cairns Airport at a secondary air-strip at Green Hills. . .. .The passengers were taken to hospital with the pilot for observation.
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Pictures on TV showed the aircraft as a total wreck, persons lucky to survive.. .. .N79GW. .Cessna 340 s/n 0680. .Manufactured: 1979. .Bee Bee Aviation Inc. Trustee. .1209 Nth Orange St. .Wilmington Delaware. .. .Aircraft on around the world trip been in Aussie since early new year.
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ABC news at 7.45 this morning said the two engined aircraft (is that the same as a twin-engined aircraft?)clipped trees on the way in and had run out of fuel. Pax minor injuries. Pilot more serious injuries but ok and transported to Cairns Base Hosp.
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I was flying over-head the cessna in a navajo during the incident. We we're put on a hold once the a/c declared a fuel emergency and asked to assist. Once he'd lost power he was vectored by atc to the ag strip only about 10 nm south of Cairns. He saw the strip once he was almost overhead and made a RH circuit. Unfortunately they fell short of the strip and initially landed in the cane and then stopped in the line of trees running across the end of the strip. The cane must have slowed them down a heck of a lot as the furrow was probably less than 100m long. None of us were optimistic about chances of survival looking at the wreckage. We helped the Heli rescue crew locate the site and then went back to Cairns. Haven't found out anything more.
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Was it an american pilot? A November callsign aircraft? That aeroplane landed in front of me yesterday. If it was him he must have got airborne again and flown south. Strange. Hope everyone is OK.
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Many European based (private) aircraft are 'N' reg.. .. .Also, that may explain the Delaware based trustee. 'N' reg usually requires a US based corporation and a lot of trustee corps are set up in the state of Delaware due to low fees.
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The N registered plane that landed in front of you would have been the funky new C208B thats parked in the GA. . .. .I should know I was in it.. .. .Heard the other N registered plane but musta happened after we landed.. .. .On the 2002 C208B - WOW! (anyone gunna loan me 1.67USM?).
