C210 missing south of Darwin
 

Nine News Darwin have the following

NT Police are assisting Australian Search and Rescue, after concerns an aircraft failed to reach its destination this evening. It's believed the Cessna 210, carrying four people, left Bullo River and was heading for a location south of Darwin, but failed to arrive... If anyone heard either a low flying light aircraft, or an aircraft in trouble between Port Keats and Anson Bay, they're asked to contact the Police Assistance Line on 131 444...

Hope it's not the owners of Bullo!

DF.

Reported that there were x2 210's flying north, but one lost radio contact over halfway. The other 210 landed and raised the alarm after the other didn't turn up.
Hope it all turns out good, and hopefully just an electrical failure or something?

The news are reporting bad weather in the area. Let's hope for the best.

Fears for four as aircraft reported missing | News | NT News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | ntnews.com.au

4 POB. Perhaps one of their tourist expeditions.

Or possibly the guys from EmmKayTee returning from an Easter camping trip.

From what I understand the monsoon is in Darwin right now and it hasn't stopped raining for at least four days.

Not a good time for VFR S/E operations, especially private ops.

still no news
 

As of 1100 am AEST still nothing found, weather is better than yesterday for the search, using seven planes and a three helicopters.

ABC report
"It was last heard from about 3:00pm near Cape Ford, north of the Indigenous community of Wadeye, about 250 kilometres south-west of Darwin.

The pilot had reported to another pilot in the area that he was experiencing some rough weather.

He was advised to alter course to avoid the weather, but it is not clear whether he did."

Do such flights have a GPS breadcrumb trail?

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Plane carrying 4 people missing in NT - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Mickjoebill

It builds up pretty much over land there during the day. By day, go over water, by night, over land. That was my NT rule of thumb.

My intuition tells me he has gone left of track and over water. Probably an inflight breakup which the 210 is renowned for. Id say that is where the wreckage will be located.

If its anything like the airvan off Elcho a few years back, not much will be found. Maybe a tyre or a seat cushion.

RIP

Wow bit negative there GG.

Glad I don't have a loved one on board...........

TB :rolleyes:

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The ABC understands the four people on board a small plane that is missing in the Northern Territory are a electrical contractor and his family.

Hope they are found safe, soon.

Thunderstorms are known for breaking upper than 210's.

Can anyone confirm the MKT guys are OK?

I'm just a realist.

I know that country well and it gets pretty hairy in a turboprop with a basic weather radar.

I also know with 7 aircraft searching and an ELT onboard they would have been found if okay. Or at the very least located pending rescue.

The 210 is a great workhorse but not the frame to be mucking around in CBs and TS. If you don't get that speed under control and the gear out she'll do the death slap pretty quickly.

Do you have any stats to back up that statement GG?

I can only think of one (maybe two) inflight breakup of a C210 in Oz (Cloncurry), but I can also recall an inflight breakup of a Beech 200 yet the King Air doesn't have the same reputation as the C210.

CBs and/or loss of control will break them all up eventually!

GG
Define death slap with reference to C210s .

Hitting new heights today...

Trying to start a pissing contest are we?

When the wing spar lets go the wings slap against the sides of the fuselage as opposed to the popular belief they clap overhead. I'm sure you knew that which is why you were asking.

There was a recent inflight breakup VH-WBZ. The ATSB report is available online.

As for the C210 reputation, why do you think it has such low Va and high cruise speed? It's the first thing you are briefed on when you fly it!

......back on topic... This says a lot, looks like they're looking off the coast

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/RSCU471

We're reaching incredible new levels of assumption and speculation in this thread. I'm not sure why they're even bothering to continue the search... they should have checked here first and realised it was a waste of time.

Looks like the Dornier is headed back to Darwin, probably for some more motion lotion.

DF.

The only wing spar break up I witnessed was to a glider and the wing folded upwards.