Bell 206 down in Queensland

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31st Jul 2013, 16:35

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Bell 206 down in Queensland

A Bell 206 from Cape York Helicopters ditched onto a reef during a filming mission north of Horn Island (between oz and PNG) July 31st

Pilot and cameraman reported to be ok.

ATSB Investigation report

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31st Jul 2013, 20:46

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Good news

Glad all ok!

2nd Aug 2013, 02:43

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Any more news on this one?

Last edited by Arm out the window; 2nd Aug 2013 at 04:20. Reason: Got confused with another incident, R44.

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Looks like a lot of oil down the side of the fuselage, from the MGB back?

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Since we have an abandoned floating vessel, does the man on the end of the rope have salvage rights

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the Cineflex probably needs an O/H !

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Since we have an abandoned floating vessel, does the man on the end of the rope have salvage rights

Many, many years ago a pilot was forced to ditch his 206 because of an embarrassment over fuel (a long, long story itself and showed failures of info in the flight manual - so not the pilots fault he found himself in the situation). Aircraft was fitted with floats and a passing fishing boat towed the aircraft to port where upon the boat owner stored the aircraft in his yard and claimed salvage rights. Pilot informed the boat owner that the aircraft had to be run every few days otherwise things would seize up making the aircraft valueless. It was arranged that the pilot would fuel up the helo and carry out the necessary ground runs. After fuelling and starting up the pilot flew away leaving behind a hapless boat owner.

Moral. Don't trust pilots.

Story told by the pilot concerned to the crewroom.

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the Cineflex probably needs an O/H !

In theory they are water tight enough to withstand driving rain at 100 knots, not sure how that relates to submersion to 1 meter!

Control box may still be dry if it was installed on right rear seat?

No official word on the number of bodies onboard.

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