E55 Baron flips at Cowra
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E55 Baron flips at Cowra
Anyone know anything more about this?
Unusual for an aircraft like a Baron to end up like this.
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/386515
Local media:Light plane crash at Cowra airport
Emergency services are responding to a light plane crash at the Cowra airport, on the New South Wales central tablelands.
The plane, which was believed to have had two occupants, is suspected to have flipped during take-off at about 2:20pm. Neither occupant was injured.
View image in fullscreen Emergency services are responding to a light plane crash at Cowra airport. Photograph: Cara Kemp/Cowra GuardianParamedics treated both patients at the scene, with one taken for treatment by a rescue helicopter and the other transported to the local hospital.
The airport is popular for flight schools and private light aircraft owners, and is located next to the rural town’s SES and RFS emergency centres. Chifley district police attended the scene, along with local fire crews.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has been notified and said it is gathering more information about the incident. Reporters from local media outlets on the scene were told a female passenger in the plane suffered only minor injuries and a male was in severe shock.
Unusual for an aircraft like a Baron to end up like this.
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/386515
Local media:Light plane crash at Cowra airport
Emergency services are responding to a light plane crash at the Cowra airport, on the New South Wales central tablelands.
The plane, which was believed to have had two occupants, is suspected to have flipped during take-off at about 2:20pm. Neither occupant was injured.
View image in fullscreen Emergency services are responding to a light plane crash at Cowra airport. Photograph: Cara Kemp/Cowra GuardianParamedics treated both patients at the scene, with one taken for treatment by a rescue helicopter and the other transported to the local hospital.
The airport is popular for flight schools and private light aircraft owners, and is located next to the rural town’s SES and RFS emergency centres. Chifley district police attended the scene, along with local fire crews.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has been notified and said it is gathering more information about the incident. Reporters from local media outlets on the scene were told a female passenger in the plane suffered only minor injuries and a male was in severe shock.
Does that nosewheel look as if its 'sideways' to anybody?
Or is it just the photo angle? Can't see the other wing..... 'assy' power / VMC issue on T/O?
Yeah I know....I'll shaddup & wait........as 'JT' said....'unusual'.
Excellent that both occupants got out.
Or is it just the photo angle? Can't see the other wing..... 'assy' power / VMC issue on T/O?
Yeah I know....I'll shaddup & wait........as 'JT' said....'unusual'.
Excellent that both occupants got out.
Certainly is. Up close and personal photo from the Central West Daily shows it to be not-quite-right.
Why on earth the Fuzz have declared it a crime scene though has me flummoxed...
EDIT: Doesn't look to be a stall/spin prang, there's bugger all damage to either wingtip, looks more like like they've done a full somersault over the radome.
Why on earth the Fuzz have declared it a crime scene though has me flummoxed...
EDIT: Doesn't look to be a stall/spin prang, there's bugger all damage to either wingtip, looks more like like they've done a full somersault over the radome.
Last edited by KRviator; 12th Apr 2024 at 02:40.
Wow! that looks way worse up close, I'm not surprised they are badly injured :-(
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Now that the 'dust has settled' - Interesting skid mark....
Windscreen area / nose cone to firewall all but disappeared, both engines 'reversed', the port wing tip shows some impact, yet, with all of this 'sideways' movement, the fin & rudder remains substantially vertical / untouched.
I would have expected it to have borne some of the load during the skid, and be 'badly bent'?
Good one to have gotten out of relatively unscathed.
Windscreen area / nose cone to firewall all but disappeared, both engines 'reversed', the port wing tip shows some impact, yet, with all of this 'sideways' movement, the fin & rudder remains substantially vertical / untouched.
I would have expected it to have borne some of the load during the skid, and be 'badly bent'?
Good one to have gotten out of relatively unscathed.
All I can offer from that picture is that they somehow lost control (possibly a practice failure on the runway during take-off), maybe close to lift off speed, pushed forward to somehow make it stick to the ground (bad idea), left the hard stuff and the nose wheel has dug in causing the aircraft to flip. Only problem I have with that is the lack of mud on the nosewheel and whether it would be able to take the load of that sequence without breaking off...
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I am no expert but your observation is what supports my post above. The wheels were pointing up when it found the ground due to a GA gone wrong. I doubt they even touched the runway in the whole sequence. It's rolled over from 50/100/150 or some height that allowed it to be inverted prior to hitting the ground. Maybe it was higher, I do not know for sure. But that is the best explanation for all the evidence so far. Not surprised they were hurt and very surprised it was not way worse.
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I am no expert but your observation is what supports my post above. The wheels were pointing up when it found the ground due to a GA gone wrong. I doubt they even touched the runway in the whole sequence. It's rolled over from 50/100/150 or some height that allowed it to be inverted prior to hitting the ground. Maybe it was higher, I do not know for sure. But that is the best explanation for all the evidence so far. Not surprised they were hurt and very surprised it was not way worse.