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ADA AW139 Ditched?
Any news regarding the ditched aircraft at Abu Dhabi recently?
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Controlled ditching. 5 on board safe.
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139 ditching
The skipper is experienced and he did the right thing, crew is well, passenger is well, it is a good day! Aircraft is expendable. Crew and pax are not!!!! Well done!
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Ended up like this:
https://media.licdn.com/media-proxy/...4BYBI3iSdF_NQ8 |
Any reason?
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Is it next to a rig? Just wondered what that crane is on.
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Mmmm ....
Well that would have spoilt their day a bit !!! |
Flat water to have gone upside down!"
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No lives lost....:ok:
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One float is deflated Sasless, hence it rolled over.
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Originally Posted by noooby
(Post 9756520)
One float is deflated Sasless, hence it rolled over.
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The 139 has 4 bags
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oh sasless
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Originally Posted by Canuck Guy
(Post 9756535)
The 139 has 4 bags
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Originally Posted by noooby
(Post 9756454)
Is it next to a rig? Just wondered what that crane is on.
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Originally Posted by The Sultan
(Post 9756379)
Any reason?
Decided to divert to the closest island. Before reaching the island the transmission started having strong grinding noises... So, the crew decided to ditch it before reaching the island. They ditched 4 NM short of the closest island. (These details come from UAE RCC.) |
Originally Posted by Search&Rescue
(Post 9756780)
Seems like the crew experienced high transmission temp (assume MGB).
Decided to divert to the closest island. Before reaching the island the transmission started having strong grinding noises... So, the crew decided to ditch it before reaching the island. They ditched 4 NM short of the closest island. (These details come from UAE RCC.) |
Originally Posted by 212man
(Post 9756805)
Do you have a link to that information source? My searches come up blank.
(But I think that the preliminary info concerning this accident is reliable...) |
TukTuk second thought
The aircraft made a controlled ditching 4 minutes or approx 8NM from the closest island.
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Yes ..WELL DONE indeed.
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A shout-out to the Coast Guard for picking our brothers up as well. Thank you! :ok:
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Four minutes out before touching ground? Tough call......i assume many would have tried to get feets dry....and probably crashed......
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Yes, I'll be watching this one close, as the 139 transmission has always been one of its jewels of design that solidly elevated it over the "weaker" 212/412 transmission. Plus the coveted "30 min run dry" halo.
High transmission temps are not uncommon in extended hovering in hot climates, but they come back down at lower power settings and better airflow in cruise. So something odd here with just high temp in cruise followed by "I'm about to self-destruct" transmission noises. No mention of pressure, chips, but early days before maintenance records/HUMS are known. Anything from Leonardo? Bad year for 139's, but like the 92 the type most used will have the most incidents. |
I heard from a reliable source that the "grinding noise" was a broken oil cooler fan belt. That would also explain the high temp.
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There is no oil cooler fan belt on the 139. The fan is driven off a drive quill and shear shaft directly from the MGB. None the less the shaft shearing, or the fan coming apart could explain the high temp and "grinding noise". On two occasions in the past 5 years I have had hums indications of oil cooler drive shaft problems requiring replacing the fan drive shaft. All in all it is to early to speculate the problem and I for one will be looking forward to learning what happened and ensuring it does not happen again.
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Originally Posted by Mark Six
(Post 9757196)
I heard from a reliable source that the "grinding noise" was a broken oil cooler fan belt. That would also explain the high temp.
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Originally Posted by Mark Six
(Post 9757196)
I heard from a reliable source that the "grinding noise" was a broken oil cooler fan belt. That would also explain the high temp.
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Originally Posted by hueyracer
(Post 9757023)
Four minutes out before touching ground? Tough call......i assume many would have tried to get feets dry....and probably crashed......
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Crew actions sound to be iaw RFM. Any gearbox indications accompanied by noise and/or vibration is a "land immediately".
To continue for 4 nm to nearest point of land by comparison would be "as soon as possible" according to the definition. |
Drive belt
139 does have a MGB driven
drive belt, to the Air con compressor though!. |
I heard it trough the grapevine...
This order...MBG chip then oil temp then vibration/noise....ditch |
Originally Posted by 212man
(Post 9757233)
From my own experience it's not a tough call!
Unusual noises or vibrations....no brainer...get on the surface no matter the damage to the aircraft! |
WELL DONE, to the crew!
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Mmmmm ....
Well my info comes from the 'Horses Mouth' and no mention was made of a MGB Chip light. Yes there was increasing MGB increasing Temp indications ( and lotsa GRINDING noises) up to and until the Trans was cooled by water !!! Happily the flight crew were 2 of the best senior captains (and personal friends of mine) in the company with many many years of experience and that paid off for them their passengers and the company ... How about we now wait for any official notifications and investigations ... the crew did well it was the a/c that broke ... enough said. Cheers Chaps .. |
I keep saying iz:
I believe it was a tough call.. One thing to ditch if you have nothing but ocean around you for hundreds of miles....another story when you only need to keep going for another four minutes to get feet dry.. I can imagine the thoughts and considerations running through my brain in a situation like this... What does the manual say? What is actually happening? How bad is it? Can we make it? Tough call.. Pilots are good not bevause they do exactly whats in the manual...they are good because they take into consideration every little detail...and come to a conclusion.... At the end all that matters is that they all got out unharmed....now its wait and see until the results of the investigation will be published, so we can learn some valuable lessons... |
Originally Posted by spinwing
(Post 9757350)
Mmmmm ....
Well my info comes from the 'Horses Mouth' and no mention was made of a MGB Chip light. Yes there was increasing MGB increasing Temp indications ( and lotsa GRINDING noises) up to and until the Trans was cooled by water !!! Happily the flight crew were 2 of the best senior captains (and personal friends of mine) in the company with many many years of experience and that paid off for them their passengers and the company ... How about we now wait for any official notifications and investigations ... the crew did well it was the a/c that broke ... enough said. Cheers Chaps .. Cheers |
As I say in my Day One brief on a TR, the answer to any situation in the air is:
QRH + Technical Knowledge + Airmanship = The Correct Answer As the trained risk analyst the Captain is the one who makes the call. G |
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Official Word for you....
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Leonardo knows how to handle an incident. Airbus could learn.
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I came across high MGB Oil temp once. The cooler fan has an aluminium plate riveted in the housing. Two of the rivets on one side had corroded and allowed the plate to be sucked towards the impeller blocking airflow. This caused the mgb temp to rise. Fortunately, the plate could not get pulled completely into the impeller because of the remaining rivets on the opposing side preventing it. Also, the impeller has a small shear type drive shaft. If that fails the temp of the mgb will rise.
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