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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
1st Aug 2019, 08:10
Replies: 71
Views: 34,364
Posted By RV6JOY

Yep flat on it back. Fell vertically nose down...

Yep flat on it back. Fell vertically nose down out of the tree onto the ground and fell on its back from there. Kicked the windscreen out and wriggled through. I guess you could kick the panel shade...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
1st Aug 2019, 02:19
Replies: 71
Views: 34,364
Posted By RV6JOY

Hi Leadbaloon, that’s not right. In the RV9a...

Hi Leadbaloon, that’s not right.
In the RV9a accident near Albany WA the pilot, a large guy, and his wife got out through the gap under the panel and over the roll bar, so it definitely can be done....
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Jan 2018, 22:54
Replies: 17
Views: 7,113
Posted By RV6JOY

Too early for any certainty but going by other...

Too early for any certainty but going by other RV7 inflight breakup reports on the USA NTSB website the wreckage distribution would suggest that the tailplane, rudder or elevators, is first to fail....
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
21st Dec 2017, 04:26
Replies: 29
Views: 11,465
Posted By RV6JOY

Not the first C210 to have a wing breakup in...

Not the first C210 to have a wing breakup in flight. Check out the ATSB report on VH-DJT in 1976. The accident reports have a striking similarity and similar witness reports.
DJT was a strutless...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
20th Dec 2017, 21:09
Replies: 29
Views: 11,465
Posted By RV6JOY

Report says no apparent preexisting defects. But...

Report says no apparent preexisting defects. But he could have used violent control input to avoid an eagle or Ibis.
That's what Va is about.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
20th Dec 2017, 11:57
Replies: 29
Views: 11,465
Posted By RV6JOY

In-flight break-up involving Cessna 210B, VH-DBU, 30 km NW of Albany Airport, WA

The ATSB have just released the preliminary report into this C210 accident. Well worth a read.
Very sad event, shows you don't need bad weather to have an inflight breakup. It was a beautiful day...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
20th Dec 2017, 11:46
Replies: 157
Views: 102,490
Posted By RV6JOY

ATSB have just released the preliminary report...

ATSB have just released the preliminary report into the C210 breakup inflight at Albany WA, the same week as the NT C210 accident.
Check out the ATSB website.
pPrune won't allow me to post the URL....
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Sep 2017, 23:20
Replies: 14
Views: 7,048
Posted By RV6JOY

Hi Leadsled, have you any reason to think the ELT...

Hi Leadsled, have you any reason to think the ELT was a fixed one and not a handheld?

This from the Daily Telegraph may have helped with location of the plane!

The forced landing was spotted by...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
27th Jan 2017, 21:08
Replies: 370
Views: 166,837
Posted By RV6JOY

What seems to have been missed is that to recover...

What seems to have been missed is that to recover from the incipient spin one would normally have input hard right rudder reduced aileron and stopped the turn. In his situation the pilot did not have...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Feb 2015, 23:32
Replies: 3
Views: 2,568
Posted By RV6JOY

VALE Captain David Ferguson

Captain David Ferguson, pilot with Ansett from 1963 to 1989 based in Melbourne. Later with Singapore Air on B747s.
David passed away on Friday 6th of February 2015.
A celebration of David's life...
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