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Plane down in the water off Nightcliff..
20 minutes ago...chopper hovering over light aircraft in the drink off Nightcliff
No type or ID as yet no boats to it yet... |
Just got a tip that it was a PA-31 and all got out OK, hope it was accurate.
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Birdstrike? :rolleyes:
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just on radio, 6 pob, all walking through mud to east point. yay.
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"walking across the mud flats ..."
But where are the ferries? :} |
The ferries are off with the fairies!
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The Old Coconut Grove airport hasnt been used for a while :rolleyes:
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White plane with Blue Tail. CSG, Frontier ?
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I fly in parts where there's little in the way of mud flats, what's the technique for landing in them?
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Make sure on exit you fall in the mud so the only skid marks are the ones left by the aeroplane.:E
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A bit more info from the news services....
Plane ditches in Darwin Harbour
Glenn Campbell, an Age photographer, said the aircraft made an emergency landing into shallow water about 200 metres off shore from East Point Reserve at 8.40am local time (10.10am AEDT). "It appears the two-engine aircraft has lost power and ditched into the ocean, on tidal flats off East Point," Mr Campbell said. "Everyone's walked away from it, the pilot walked away from the aircraft." Northern Territory police confirmed all five passengers and the pilot were unharmed. The men and women waded through shallow water to a picnic area where police and ambulances were waiting, a police spokeswoman said. The plane is owned by CSG Aviation and had just taken off. It is believed it was heading to the remote community of Maningrida, about 500km east of Darwin. "I arrived as the passengers had disembarked, just as the pilot was wading through the ocean...(it looked like) he was the last one off the plane," Mr Campbell said. The water in which the plane landed was only about half a metre deep, he said. CSG is a computer technology firm that flies support and maintenance into remote areas of the Northern Territory. According to its website, CSG owns two aircraft and usually flies from Darwin International Airport. Resident Glenn Chandler said he was having a bike ride when he spotted two council workers staring out to sea. "Two hundred metres off shore there's just this plane sitting in the harbour with water up to its wings and half a dozen people are standing around next to it in water up to their waists, sort of scratching their heads," Mr Chandler said. "Then they just slowly dawdled back to shore...chatting amongst themselves, it was quite a surreal thing. "Obviously no one was hurt because there was no panic or anything." |
Oh Lord !! Good to see everyone walked or swam away..... lucky was off 29er.... have a drink and chill out guys, whatever the reason shall be, it's a bloody good outcome and might see you all in the evening at the deck for a friday splash !
Smoothie....:ok: |
Photos here courtesy SMH
You'd think he would have closed the hatch before he left. Don't want water getting into it! :E |
"Then they just slowly dawdled back to shore...chatting amongst themselves, it was quite a surreal thing. Be a shame to survive that and then wind up on the menu. :eek: |
I'm with you Capt Fathom.....
Luckily the water appears to be about 1/3 of a fathom....but what is the tide doing?? I reckon I would have closed the door too!! Might as well try to minimise the damage.....not really 'waterproof' doors I know, but......'minimum' damage is good ...... Otherwise, ALL out OK - so, Excellent result in the circumstances. Cheers. |
There is a marker on it and it is now covered by tide
I expect the coppers will divvy up the mudcrabs at 10.26 low tide tomorrow morning :uhoh: |
Looks like a popular place to "land".
So thats one there on approach years ago and one on take off today. I suppose at least the one near East Point is only a short stroll to the Sailing CLub for a beer or two. Good job to swim away. One more PA31 out of the system, surely this one won't be rebuilt? |
C'mon people, wheres the piccies?
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Aux tanks indeed. Lets stick to the facts.
"The aeroplane came over really low, it was making funny sounds" "The engine stalled" "The pilot fought with the controls" "The aeroplane plunged towards the water, passengers were screaming, the pilot pulled up just in time" "It was Canadian geese that got lost" That should do it, now lets wait for the NT News. |
Interesting the report says "He said on take-off they experienced some loss of power in one of the engines and he followed all the procedures and shut the engine down and wasn't able to return to the field so he had to put down on the beach" but appears to have nothing feathered. Just an observation, nothing more.
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Anyone notice the title of the SMH Article?
Sully "Lite" 'cool' pilot Steve's Darwin ditching drama...:D |
So far the NT Eggtimer has managed to squeeze in the crocs :rolleyes:
Plane crashes off Darwin beach - Northern Territory News |
but appears to have nothing feathered. |
The pax were lucky they had someone with experience up the front.
I only hope you didn't "smash bottle" . Good work Bolle. |
Speaking of which and one must not assume, but one must think that something must have gone extremely wrong for a dude with many many many hours on type to have such a problem and not get back to the black stuff.
It would have been a heavy Chief with 6 pob and probably return fuel? |
Great outcome. Well done.
I don't have much confidence in heavy PA31's climbing at all on one donk. If there's favourable terrain ahead, land while it's still controllable. |
Having flown with he pilot in question, I would be very surprised if he didn't carry out all required actions quickly and calmly.
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I thought you would be on TV, calling for the airport to be closed and you fear for your life everyday!!
Gee imagine if it had crashed into the Bagot Road community, could have lost thousand's of traditional owners and their dogs. |
Pilots initials?
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Pilots initials? |
Framer, click on the NT News link in posts No. 22, then in that article, click on "see our pictures of the crash ". About 10 or eleven shots to look at , one or two of which are from where BA possibly makes his observations. Just pointing you in the right direction after your question, not commenting at all on the incident.
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Great job bollee, well done mate, good to hear everyone is ok. How have things been mate its been some years since we shared a beer
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Good outcome and well done to the pilot! :D
On the lighter side ...... where were the bloody crocs this time? Have they taken a day off or something? :suspect: Hey tinpis, you must have an answer to that one! ;) |
This story cant be complete surely without either the crocs or a rogue great white??? Great outcome all the same - pax + pilot walk away. Fantastic.
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I don't have much confidence in heavy PA31's climbing at all on one donk. DF. |
Hear Hear Desert Flower.
Well done Mr Bolle:ok::ok::ok: |
Well done that man!:ok:
I wonder if he will now get an offer from Sir Dick?;) |
They will climb
DF,
From personal experience I can tell you they will climb. I had one die on me a few years back. It didn't do much after I feathered it until I remembered to split the ball and put 5 degrees bank into the good engine plus shut the cowl flap. After that it was all good. I had 8 pax and 3 hours fuel so a fair bit of weight but to be fair it was only about 28 degrees OAT. |
Wally - where are you? Tell me again about how a second donk will always get you out of trouble? How dangerous SE turbine is? At least the van at Townsville last year was able to be flown back to a runway.
..... To the pilot - nice ditching - great outcome for the those on board. Considered a seaplane rating? You've already got one water landing in the log book.:ok: |
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