Navajo Forced Landing on the Tanami Highway
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Navajo Forced Landing on the Tanami Highway
Any idea who this was and what happened??? Engine Fire??
Media Release
Wednesday 4 August 2004
Emergency landing
A Piper Navaho aircraft carrying ten people made a forced landing on the Tanami Highway yesterday afternoon after experiencing engine problems.
Police at Yuendumu were alerted about 2pm that the plane was coming in to land at Yuendumu airstrip. Police and emergency crews went out to the airstrip to await the plane which was travelling from Halls Creek in Western Australia.
However, a further call came in just after 2.30 that the pilot had been forced to put the plane down on the Tanami Highway about 37 kilometres west of Yuendumu..
The pilot and his nine passengers were uninjured in the incident. The passengers were taken to Yuendumu and then flown on to Alice Springs in a second aircraft later in the day. Police attended the scene and directed traffic around the plane which was partially blocking the highway.
Engineers arrived at the scene this afternoon and repaired the engine. The plane was then towed two klilometres up the Tanami Highway to a suitable area for take-off. The plane then flew to Yuendumu and on to Alice Springs
Media Release
Wednesday 4 August 2004
Emergency landing
A Piper Navaho aircraft carrying ten people made a forced landing on the Tanami Highway yesterday afternoon after experiencing engine problems.
Police at Yuendumu were alerted about 2pm that the plane was coming in to land at Yuendumu airstrip. Police and emergency crews went out to the airstrip to await the plane which was travelling from Halls Creek in Western Australia.
However, a further call came in just after 2.30 that the pilot had been forced to put the plane down on the Tanami Highway about 37 kilometres west of Yuendumu..
The pilot and his nine passengers were uninjured in the incident. The passengers were taken to Yuendumu and then flown on to Alice Springs in a second aircraft later in the day. Police attended the scene and directed traffic around the plane which was partially blocking the highway.
Engineers arrived at the scene this afternoon and repaired the engine. The plane was then towed two klilometres up the Tanami Highway to a suitable area for take-off. The plane then flew to Yuendumu and on to Alice Springs
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Wont all the arm chair experts with their 2 bob opinions have a field day with this one.
Well done to the pilot is all I have to say. You obviously made a good decision and put the aircraft down on a suitable surface while you had the option. Even if it was precautionary you did the right thing.
Well Done.
Well done to the pilot is all I have to say. You obviously made a good decision and put the aircraft down on a suitable surface while you had the option. Even if it was precautionary you did the right thing.
Well Done.
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well, thats your 2 bobs worth then. does that make you an armchair expert?
Well done to the pilot is all I have to say. You obviously made a good decision and put the aircraft down on a suitable surface while you had the option. Even if it was precautionary you did the right thing.
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I thought it was:
8-seat Navajo or
10-seat Navajo-Chieftain???
Maybe he forgot to switch to mains in time.. like I did so many times.
Whatever it was, well-done for a successful forced-landing.
Hope you didn't suffer in Yuendumu too long. 
8-seat Navajo or
10-seat Navajo-Chieftain???
Maybe he forgot to switch to mains in time.. like I did so many times.
Whatever it was, well-done for a successful forced-landing.
Hope you didn't suffer in Yuendumu too long.
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Bush Mechanics to the rescue?
Bush Mechanics to the rescue?
Surely Randall and Simeion from the ABC Bush Mechanics will have it going again. Using the washer reservoir as a fuel pump!!
Surely Randall and Simeion from the ABC Bush Mechanics will have it going again. Using the washer reservoir as a fuel pump!!
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Haha, nice one! Maybe they were the ones who gave them a tow into Yuendumu! What a nice part of the world!
As for what company, well initially I thought a Navajo from Halls Creek narrows it down a little, although if it is in fact a Chieftain then it could be anyone? Perhaps an operator from Alice?
Thumbs up to the pilot, he made a gutsy call and everyone walked away unharmed. The fact that the aircraft could be flown out the next day is an obvious indicator that it was a job well done.
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Haha, nice one! Maybe they were the ones who gave them a tow into Yuendumu! What a nice part of the world!
As for what company, well initially I thought a Navajo from Halls Creek narrows it down a little, although if it is in fact a Chieftain then it could be anyone? Perhaps an operator from Alice?
Thumbs up to the pilot, he made a gutsy call and everyone walked away unharmed. The fact that the aircraft could be flown out the next day is an obvious indicator that it was a job well done.
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Good luck to the pilot. Maybe he had something scary like a turbo attachment band let go,... that get yer attention.
Have had to dash for home a few times in Chieftan, they didnt present any problems on one fan with a big load.
The manual states that the fuel shut off lever lifts a inch or two out of the floor.
I managed to lift it a good two feet after an engine fire !!
Have had to dash for home a few times in Chieftan, they didnt present any problems on one fan with a big load.
The manual states that the fuel shut off lever lifts a inch or two out of the floor.
I managed to lift it a good two feet after an engine fire !!
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Well done, elephant stamp for that man,
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The Bush Mechanics were great lateral thinkers hey!, me, I'd a died of thirst waiting for someone to come.
who needs a jack or pit, just roll him in his side mate. 
it's waaay better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air, than in the air wishing you were on the ground."
The Bush Mechanics were great lateral thinkers hey!, me, I'd a died of thirst waiting for someone to come.
who needs a jack or pit, just roll him in his side mate.
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Police attended the scene and directed traffic around the plane which was partially blocking the highway
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I haven't driven the Tanami for a few years but once took two days to drive Halls Creek to Alice, and was lucky to see a dozen other vehicles over the two days.
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Ive flown it in a C210 a couple of times ( Halls Creek - Alice). No problems about seeing where to land and if there traffic. You can see te dust plumes from the Road Trains for litterally hundres of miles...
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