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"Air crash investigators are mystified as to why a Sydney Seaplanes pilot left the normal flight path and headed into Jerusalem Bay shortly before his plane crashed killing all six people on board.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau's preliminary report into the fatal New Year's Eve incident released on Wednesday found no evidence of problems with the DHC-2 Beaver plane." A highly skilled pilot too. Something really odd about this, and what went wrong. |
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Collision with water involving a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver aircraft, VH-NOO, at Cowan Creek, NSW on 31 December 2017
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/...r/ao-2017-118/ An attempt will be made tomorrow (Thursday) to raise the aircraft. Initial reports are that the aircraft is inverted with floats and a wing detached. |
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Hawkesbury River seaplane crash: Craft once used as a crop duster and had been 'destroyed'
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-0...rs-ago/9303448 Looks like the prop was not spinning on impact (engine failure) |
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I thought the way one of the prop blades was bent, it was spinning.
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Interesting, I thought the way only one was bent meant it hit the water first and took the highest impact speed, thus the engine might have been seized prior to impact.
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I agree with Nigel
Certainly does suggest the prop was not spinning much on impact - otherwise you'd get more of a twisted distortion on all prop blades. Hard to tell if it was feathered, which would be more conclusive.
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Philip Last edited by Philip Argy; 31st January 2018 at 11:00 AM. |
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Not necessarily, and the interim report suggests there is nothing to indicate engine failure.
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Sydney Seaplanes recommenced operations yesterday.
The press (like vultures) interviewing PAX |
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Worth mentioning they resumed operations in the Caravans only in dual pilot mode until further notice.
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I saw Beaver floatplanes on two occasions over the Sydney Harbour and Manly Beach areas on Sunday , could they belong to a different company ?
Dave C |
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