Skippers Aviation Cessna Conquest makes forced landing on highway
Hi Wingnut
FlightAware has the acft going BRM-FTZ-HLC | HLC-FTZ-BRM.
BEW of our Conquest is about 2850kg. Skippers might be less. MTOW with all the mods is 4690kg. MLW varies according to Mod status.
Fuel burn is about 700lb/hr.
10 POB + bags = ~860k. Looked like mostly women from the video I saw on line, so payload might have been less.
4690 MTOW -860kg pax - 2850 BEW = 980kg/2160lb available for fuel.
From my flight planner that leaves me back at Broome with a margin of 8 minutes over IFR reserves......
If the aircraft is a lighter BEW and the passenger load weighed less, they (presumably) would have been carrying even more fuel and would have had a greater margin.
FlightAware has the acft going BRM-FTZ-HLC | HLC-FTZ-BRM.
BEW of our Conquest is about 2850kg. Skippers might be less. MTOW with all the mods is 4690kg. MLW varies according to Mod status.
Fuel burn is about 700lb/hr.
10 POB + bags = ~860k. Looked like mostly women from the video I saw on line, so payload might have been less.
4690 MTOW -860kg pax - 2850 BEW = 980kg/2160lb available for fuel.
From my flight planner that leaves me back at Broome with a margin of 8 minutes over IFR reserves......
If the aircraft is a lighter BEW and the passenger load weighed less, they (presumably) would have been carrying even more fuel and would have had a greater margin.
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Hi Wingnut
FlightAware has the acft going BRM-FTZ-HLC | HLC-FTZ-BRM.
BEW of our Conquest is about 2900kg. MTOW with all the mods is 4690kg.
Fuel burn is about 700lb/hr.
10 POB + bags = ~860kg
4690 MTOW -860kg pax - 2850 BEW = 980kg/2160lb available for fuel.
From my flight planner that leaves me back at Broome with a margin of 8 minutes over IFR reserves......
FlightAware has the acft going BRM-FTZ-HLC | HLC-FTZ-BRM.
BEW of our Conquest is about 2900kg. MTOW with all the mods is 4690kg.
Fuel burn is about 700lb/hr.
10 POB + bags = ~860kg
4690 MTOW -860kg pax - 2850 BEW = 980kg/2160lb available for fuel.
From my flight planner that leaves me back at Broome with a margin of 8 minutes over IFR reserves......
There was no fuel uplifted on the highway.
This certainly is getting interesting!
Also, for the return leg, would you have included Curtin or Derby as an alternate?
For the 40 km hop across the bay would they still need that? Assuming that you had used an alternate in your numbers.
No reflection on what happened, just curious.
They obviously had enough fuel for the final hop.
Last edited by WingNut60; 8th Mar 2018 at 00:35.
What's the fuel system on them HLB, is it all in via the one tap or is pumping/transferring required?
Right tank to right engine.
Crossfeed valves operated by solenoid.
Couldn't be simpler I would have thought!
it was recommended that an agent like Prist was used above F250.
I refuelled many Conquests over the years & Prist was never added to any of them.
Like I said - I refuelled many over the years & the pilots never put Prist in. I can't remember putting Prist in any turbine aircraft, although I may have & just forgotten about it because it was an infrequent occurrence. Can remember putting it in plenty of jets though.
DF.
DF.
Not every uplift though. Just a certain concentration required. Mob I flew that for worked out that on average every two to three uplifts was sufficient, and that usually meant it was only required at Home base (BP truck with FSII available).
There was no fuel uplifted on the highway. ...
I can't remember putting Prist in any turbine aircraft, although I may have & just forgotten about it because it was an infrequent occurrence.
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