"Bush" flying
 

Seems to me theres a bit more than meets the eye "bush flying" up here. :hmm:

Pilot injured in remote plane crash | News | NT News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | ntnews.com.au

I wish they'd stop interviewing people e.g police who have no idea what's happened apart from the obvious plane accident.

You mean put something in the NT chip wrapper that made sense?http://www.katzy.dsl.pipex.com/Smileys/laughpound.gif

What exactly are you referring to?

Sounds like it bounced or was a botched landing of sorts. Fairly descriptive really.

One day the world will run out of 210's

That day just got closer.........or ya reckon it will just buff out? :E

Insurance company value Vs repairs .......... Do you think this will make it?

The wings look OK from the photo but the fuse has some wrinkles all teh way down.:sad:

The paper has a photo from the other side, she looks pretty bent up along the fuselarge.

XXX: until 5 mins ago i'd only seen the article on their website, the quote from the copper in there was pretty vague. The actual new article is a bit clearer.

Hope both the pilots are ok! :uhoh:

I think the cause of this one is pretty clear:

The problem here is that the way to the airstrip is usually DOWN. :ooh:

Was it a one way strip preventing them from going around?

Nope. Its a nice, Sealed, Flat airstrip.

Where are the wheels??

I heard something about a failed throttle cable in recent days - this isn't the accident by any chance?

And you know what the most depressing thing about that accident is.....?

That aircraft had only not long come out of a major rebuild that took years!

morno

That would drive one to Mitchell street

Nyirripi..............sealed! :eek: Wonders will never cease. :}

Seems to be a suggestion in the news report that a willy-willy got hold of it.....................mmmmm. :suspect: From my distant memories of the place, it could get wind-shear but possibly, and more likely, too high an approach speed.

I used to see it a lot with newbies (there were 2 in the aircraft doing a mail run - usually a sign that someone was being inducted to the company) in the Territory as they came to grips with the 210. It was usually marked with a long hold-off over the runway, usually peppered with various height excursions as they over-controlled the flair. :uhoh: In some cases they narrowly avoided something far worse than embarrassment. :uhoh:

Anyway, I hope the pilot does not have spinal injuries and recovers quickly. :ok:

Was beginning to wonder if I was the only one that couldn't see 'em!

DF.

I saw a C210 in the flare at Cooinda get mixed up with a willy-willy, nasty wing drop and finished up at 90 degrees to the strip, a level headed pilot a handful of power and rudder a bit of luck, six people walked away and no damage to the aircraft.

It doesn't even take a Willy Willy. An Airvan got blown over recently by a rogue gust of wind heading a front.

On a related note:

Investigation: AO-2012-051 - Windshear event - Cessna 310, VH-JOF, Marlgawo, NT, 12 April 2012

Didn't hear about this one in the news!!

A couple of years ago I flew through a willy-willy at about 100' on short final to a dirt strip on Cape York in the V-tail - got rolled through 90 degrees.

A fraction of a second before it happened, I saw a whisp of dust blow up from the threshold of the strip, so when it hit I knew what it was. A BIG burst of power and some wheel and rudder work had us quickly right way up again, but it did get the adrenaline flowing.

Certainly got my pax attention!

Was not too long after the prang of a C172 with fatalities in WA in similar circumstances.

Take care out there!

Dr :8