Beagle crash (Caravan down @ Beagle Bay)
 

Pilot crash lands on the Dampier Peninsula - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Pilot survived, but injured.

You can start your commentary now... (PT6 yada yada...)

Another Van

:suspect:

Good news to hear that the pilot has survived! Lets hope that he makes a speedy recovery.

All you ever needed to know about PT6 issues here:

http://www.pprune.org/dg-p-general-a...6-failure.html

and more!

Hey Another Number

Any chance of another word? You can either substitute "Cessna" for "Beagle" or you can insert "Bay" after "Beagle".

Rgds

VH-NTQ

Engine stopped at 9,500ft. Overshot strip and hit hard. Engine seperated from aircraft due impact.

Ouch.

XXX now eagerly awaits current and past TAF's, history of aircraft including past and present operators along with token airliners.net photo taken before the crash stating how the aircraft looks ok in the pic. (note this paragraph contains sarcasm as this is usually what gets posted immediately after these kind of events)

It was NTQ not NPQ, XXX should :mad: worry about himself and not the current or past TAF's, history of the aircraft etc...... the pilots heart is still beating so we should all give him one of these:D:D

Fair enough! (Don't want anyone thinking thread refers to British Mars probes! :ouch:)



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Edit: :O Looks like my attempt to change the title didn't work - only changed a heading once you open the thread ... dunno if I've got the powers to change the thread title... :ugh:

honestly look at the picture on the wreck. he is fu%$ing lucky fella. I must admit he sounded very calm on the radio when i heard him this morning. thought are with ya mate

A Beathing Pilot.
 

O.K.
Steady chaps. He may not have walked away but he is hopefully in good hands in Broome. Both the Mission strip and Sandy Point ain't great. A wee prayer before you all crash out tonight could go a long way - perhaps?
"Keep her lit".

VH-XXX: ATSB: AO-2010-003

OK - which was it???????

Also;

VH-XXX: ATSB: Again - which was it?


Di :confused: (sorry VH-XXX LOL)

(edit: I heard pilot out of horsepiddle already! When you see the post crash photo - unbeleivable. Made from tuff stuff up there......)

Perhaps engine stopped normal operation at 9,500ft and things progressed from there.

Close enough for an early report from many 000's of kms away.

As for overshoot or undershoot, that depends on the runway and which way the aircraft is facing in the end.

If you overshoot runway 18 (for example) and flip upside down as this guy did, then it looks like you undershot runway 36 :-)

Interestingly this is the second aircraft in very recent time (the SR22 on Hamo) to have landed short in a partial power with subsequent failure scenario. A timely reminder to rethink your emergency engine failure scenarios and procedures as the Cirrus incident could have ended differently in anticipation of the full failure. Can't comment on the Van as he may have been doing the Gimli glider thing.

Thanks for the clarification.

Di :E

I thought the thread was going to be about one of these:

http://www.airshows.org.uk/2007/airs...aphs/pup_2.jpg

:Ehttp://www.wgah.net/sites/site-1802/...79d921e813.jpg
I was thinking this kind of beagle:E

Actually,I had another picture of a Beagle in my mind.
I wonder if other older Pprunners remember the Beagle of the 1960s & early 70s that was used with the Flying Dr I think....single engine, ugly,with a tail that looked way too small.

I had this in mind, the Auster Beagle Airdale. I believe there are only a few in OZ, if that. I knew someone that had one, a red one, probably done the rounds for many years. Doesn't look like the small tailed aircraft that you speak of Aye Ess.


http://wjwaters.com/photos/Beagle.Airedale.a109.jpg

Glad it wasn't a Beaver................:rolleyes:

Lucky boy! Picture from ABC website

http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201001/r498478_2622334.jpg

That'll buff out ok.