Killiecrankie
 

Anyone know what happened at Killiecrankie strip Flinders Is. yesterday? Beacon activated i believe and a bent aircraft in the scrub on the eastern end.

Wouldn't be a certain Cherokee 6 by any chance?

Looked a bit smaller than a 6. I was at about 1500'. Starbard wing looked to be ripped off and it all looked a bit sad.

Think the strip runs up hill in that direction ? But if you takeoff the other way ie down hill you have to turn to miss a hill .

Archer, one wing & engine liberated from the airframe. Pretty sure that the 4 pob are ok. Well known MB syndicate aircraft.

That well known Syndicate had been looking to replace that aircraft for years without being able to find a buyer....problem solved! :ok:

Good nobody was injured.

One of the most well known syndicates at MB would be NBE, it wasnt that was it?

Not the first time someone has come unstuck there, some refer to it as Killercrankie.

T'was NBE :( A loyal and faithful servant despite being relegated to ugly duckling status by big brother :E

Bumps, no excess in a write off ;)

They sound rather lucky to lose (literally) an engine and not hurt themselves. That machine does a lot of hours and has had a lot of pilots behind the wheel. More carnage to go with the 210 that ended up in the trees at the end if my memory serves me correctly. Not much in the news about it.

Ranga - No injuries, no excess and a nice payout for an aircraft that couldn't be sold....all in all not a bad outcome for the group as a whole.

Will the lucky shareholder be purchased a round of beer for solving the syndicates problems or made to undergo extra training as the groups regime is want to do from time to time??

I'll buy them a beer, lol :}

The 'lucky' shareholder is lucky in more ways than one ;)

Pictures Please :ok:

Of NBE here (but not of the accident)

I have seen pictures but can't post for copyright reaons.

Fuselage mostly intact and very survivable. Engine seemingly attached but about 20 degrees off centre. About 40 degrees of dihedral on one wing and none on the other. Prop in-tact, missing some paint on the end at the rear but may have already been like that.

Undercarriage retracted :-)

An Archer with optional extras :E

For a bloke whose headed down there in a couple of weeks, can anyone tell me what makes Killiecrankie a planekiller. Forewarned is forearmed they say. Tnx.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with Killiecrankie, it is just a normal country strip and should be treated as such, with normal diligence and caution. There have been many thousands of uneventful operations there over the years and with due regard to slight upslope and a slightly cluttered approach you should have no problems. I have been in and out with most GA aircraft, from Supercubs, 172s, 182s, 210, 337 and Pa-31, depending on the smoothness of the surface at the time, and would rate it a long way better than most of the island strips. This advice is worth exactly what you are paying for it.

Interesting that this hasn't shown up in the news anywhere... perhaps the papers haven't gotten wind of it yet?

Tony3m and others, after reading my post a couple of times I feel a bit like I have come across as a smarta**e know all. This was certainly not my intent and I was trying to reassure you that Killiekrankie is not that bad, unless you have a full load and no wind. Have a good look first, try to keep the weight down for your first landing, and all should be well. You should, of course, ring the owner first and he will give you a good rundown, he knows what he is talking about.
Hope you didn't take it the wrong way, when I read it a day later I didn't like how I sounded either. Apologies.