Lizard Island - Aircraft Overshoot.

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

My local radio station reporting an aircraft with 9 POB has overshot the runway at Lizard Is. QLD.
RFDS attending.
Substantial 'drop' at the N end.......

Nil other info as yet - type etc unknown....but, knowing these 'channels'....not for long.

[Cat3508]

Looks like a caravan. Part of CH9 eloquent report " A photograph obtained by 9News showed the single propeller plane upside down in low brush and sand, with the fuselage shredded and pieces of debris nearby.
The badly mangled plane, with its propellers busted off, was cordoned off by emergency tape."

[1a sound asleep]

VH-NWJ - Cessna 208B Grand Caravan https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/vh-nwj

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-...rash/103292742

Two people are being treated for minor injuries at Cairns Base Hospital after a light aircraft crashed on a remote island in the Great Barrier Reef.

Queensland Ambulance Service Acting Assistant Commissioner Brina Keating said a call for help was received around 7:30 this morning after a plane taking off from Lizard Island's runway collided with trees and flipped.

She said nine adults and one 14-year-old girl were on board, with one adult sustaining a minor head injury and another a minor arm injury.

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

Tks Mr 1A.......didn't take 'long' at all.....

Cheeerrrsss...

[1a sound asleep]

Radar

[RickNRoll]

Originally Posted by 1a sound asleep

VH-NWJ - Cessna 208B Grand Caravan https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/vh-nwj

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-...rash/103292742

Two people are being treated for minor injuries at Cairns Base Hospital after a light aircraft crashed on a remote island in the Great Barrier Reef.

Queensland Ambulance Service Acting Assistant Commissioner Brina Keating said a call for help was received around 7:30 this morning after a plane taking off from Lizard Island's runway collided with trees and flipped.

She said nine adults and one 14-year-old girl were on board, with one adult sustaining a minor head injury and another a minor arm injury.

What were the trees doing in the way?

[Squawk7700]

Apparently the pilot did an incredible job. Take that however you please I guess!

Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef: Plane carrying nine people crashes after overshooting runway | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

[Dick Smith]

Channel 10 news in Sydney is reporting the aircraft had engine trouble.

[megle2]

Was there a problem soon after departing which required a return to land

[Squawk7700]

Originally Posted by megle2

Was there a problem soon after departing which required a return to land

News articles claim that it was taking off. With less than 1,000 metres, there's not a lot of time to spare when you realise something is wrong and you want to abort! Based on that, it's a half decent outcome.

[Capt Fathom]

Based on what I've read in the media, it's obvious none of them have any idea what might have happened.... but that doesn't stop them making something up!

[TWT]

7 News ( yeah, I know..) said it was an engine failure on/after takeoff, pilot did a 180 to return but ended up 100m short of the
strip, and then impacted vegetation, causing it to flip over.

Very glad to see they all made it out.

[I spy]

You seemed surprised by that?!?!?

[Capt Fathom]

Originally Posted by TWT

an engine failure on/after takeoff, pilot did a 180 to return but ended up 100m short of the
strip, and then impacted vegetation, causing it to flip over.

Haha. 7 News didn’t check which direction the skids marks came from.

[nivsy]

Any further info on this incident? Looks like a bit of a mess tbh.

[RickNRoll]

Is there a definitive version of what happened yet?

[Duck Pilot]

Originally Posted by RickNRoll

Is there a definitive version of what happened yet?

Yes, it crashed.

[megle2]

RNR ignore Ducks stupid infantile reply. I’m interested in this as its a PT6 failure either on take off or shortly after departing the circuit. A few minutes later they could of all been in the water

[PiperCameron]

Originally Posted by megle2

RNR ignore Ducks stupid infantile reply. I’m interested in this as its a PT6 failure either on take off or shortly after departing the circuit. A few minutes later they could of all been in the water

We don't know that. All the ATSB are saying right now is that "During initial climb, the aircraft experienced engine issues and the pilot attempted to return to Lizard Island" - which could mean a host of things other than straight-out failure.

Please wait. Information loading: https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications...rt/ao-2024-001

[beached az]

Any idea who the driver was? PM please.