Plane down N Queensland
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Plane down N Queensland
Courier Mail is reporting the Mackay rescue helicopter is over the site of a light plane crash in the Pioneer Valley - Between Finch Hatton and Eungella
QPS now reporting it as a double fatal. RIP
Oh it’s been such a bad few months.
There was a witness for this one that saw “it slam into the side of the mountain”. Wow.
There was a witness for this one that saw “it slam into the side of the mountain”. Wow.
Mackay Whitsunday Detective Inspector Emma Novosel said a member of the community who lived in the Finch Hatton area had heard a light aircraft flying overhead “and suddenly a distant noise”.
She said when the community member no longer heard the plane he phoned triple-0 just before 9am prompting an aerial and land search for the possible crash site.
Hmmm…. what has been reported so far!
Mackay Whitsunday Detective Inspector Emma Novosel said a member of the community who lived in the Finch Hatton area had heard a light aircraft flying overhead “and suddenly a distant noise”.
She said when the community member no longer heard the plane he phoned triple-0 just before 9am prompting an aerial and land search for the possible crash site.
Mackay Whitsunday Detective Inspector Emma Novosel said a member of the community who lived in the Finch Hatton area had heard a light aircraft flying overhead “and suddenly a distant noise”.
She said when the community member no longer heard the plane he phoned triple-0 just before 9am prompting an aerial and land search for the possible crash site.
Another says this:
"Emergency services were alerted on Saturday around 9am after witnesses reported seeing the aircraft come down near Finch Hatton."
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It appears that the aircraft was a Socata TB20.
Is the TB20 the same as a TB200? The only TB20 series I ever saw around the country was VH-LWR which had a BMW symbol on the tail, painted yellow white from memory, and a red TB21 retractable but never saw it again.
There are 24 TB20’s on the CASA register. Just one TB200. The TB200 has fixed undercarriage. The TB20 has retractable undercarriage.
VH-LWR is a TB200 according to CASA.
VH-LWR is a TB200 according to CASA.
Last edited by Capt Fathom; 30th Oct 2023 at 11:55. Reason: Spelling
The ATSB are on the job: https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications...rt/ao-2023-052
