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mcoates 27th Oct 2019 04:38
Plane Crash Darwin 27th October 2019
 
https://www.news.com.au/national/bre...e08bc6c984e29c


The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said the plane was a Savannah ultralight model.

Duck Pilot 27th Oct 2019 07:02
Probably operating out of Emkaytee, there is an RA AUS school there and I think a lot of flying is done from the airfield on weekends.

Sad news, RIP.

Desert Flower 27th Oct 2019 12:38
Originally Posted by Duck Pilot (Post 10604333)
Probably operating out of Emkaytee, there is an RA AUS school there and I think a lot of flying is done from the airfield on weekends.

Sad news, RIP.
If it's a RA AUS registered one the ATSB aren't going to investigate.

DF.

Squawk7700 27th Oct 2019 19:59
Originally Posted by Desert Flower (Post 10604513)
If it's a RA AUS registered one the ATSB aren't going to investigate.

DF.
Ummmmm, don’t count on that ! They are doing more and more of them these days.

Jetjr 27th Oct 2019 21:29
Reckon if theres a fatality they do

Desert Flower 27th Oct 2019 21:55
Originally Posted by Squawk7700 (Post 10604694)


Ummmmm, don’t count on that ! They are doing more and more of them these days.
They didn't investigate the one at YLEC a few months ago.

DF.

Desert Flower 27th Oct 2019 21:59
Originally Posted by Jetjr (Post 10604742)
Reckon if theres a fatality they do
No. There were two fatalities in the YLEC one & they didn't investigate it.

DF.

Squawk7700 27th Oct 2019 23:11
Originally Posted by Desert Flower (Post 10604760)
No. There were two fatalities in the YLEC one & they didn't investigate it.

DF.
It depends if it’s straight forward or not. Obvious fuel exhaustion would be a no-brainer. If it’s engine or airframe related, expect more involvement.

RatsoreA 28th Oct 2019 00:35
A mate of mine watched it happen, he lives close enough that he ran off into the scrub to try to find it, and is being interviewed today, and his exact words are - Was flying fine, then suddenly in a spin pointing roughly towards the ground, but pitched up slightly before impact.

Desert Flower 28th Oct 2019 03:50
Originally Posted by Squawk7700 (Post 10604801)


It depends if it’s straight forward or not. Obvious fuel exhaustion would be a no-brainer. If it’s engine or airframe related, expect more involvement.
One would expect to make those sort of judgements they would need to actually attend the crash site.

DF.

zanthrus 28th Oct 2019 09:20
Does anyone know the aircraft type?

mcoates 28th Oct 2019 09:45
Savannah See Post 1

longrass 28th Oct 2019 11:23
Very sad for the Darwin community, he has left a lasting legacy on the local aviation, Christian and construction communities.

WingNut60 28th Oct 2019 11:45
Originally Posted by Squawk7700 (Post 10604801)


It depends if it’s straight forward or not. Obvious fuel exhaustion would be a no-brainer. If it’s engine or airframe related, expect more involvement.

And yet, the investigation into the incident with " VH-LBY Skippers C-441" ( AO-2018-019 ) at Broome, 18 months ago, is still marked as due for completion first quarter 2020.
Fortunately, no fatalities or injuries with that one though.

Desert Flower 28th Oct 2019 12:18
Originally Posted by WingNut60 (Post 10605089)
And yet, the investigation into the incident with " VH-LBY Skippers C-441" ( AO-2018-019 ) at Broome, 18 months ago, is still marked as due for completion first quarter 2020.
Fortunately, no fatalities or injuries with that one though.
We're still waiting for the final report on the Rossair Conquest crash over two years ago as well.

DF.

zanthrus 29th Oct 2019 01:31
MCoates thank you. Duh I should have read more closely.


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