Cessna down in Adelaide

[Guest ozzie]

I'll know these guys all jumping into the Masters Games. Minor bruises hopefully.

 

http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/10/02/15/30/light-plane-forced-to-make-emergency-landing-in-middle-of-adelaide-racecourse

 

 

[kaz3g]

Once upon a time it was not uncommon for people to fly in to the races...sigh.

 

It was even normal to land in paddocks without getting the PTB upset.

 

Kaz

 

 

[Ungrounded]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-28/skydiving-cessna-crash-landed-in-adelaide-when-fuel-ran-out-atsb/7121110

 

https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2015/aair/ao-2015-115.aspx

 

Fuel exhaustion apparently. Two fuel dip-sticks in the aircraft with different calibration marks.

 

 

[cooperplace]

According to that report, it took off at 1331 with 110 L of fuel on board, and ran out at 1425. Even if it was using 40 L/hr, he would have only used 36L. So if this is simply running out of fuel, then he got the fuel content on board seriously wrong.

 

 

[Guest ozzie]

Ejected from aircraft? No single point restraints worn by jumpers? And why did pilot insist on jumpers staying with aircraft when a non airport landing was obvious. Bad calls right from start of sortie.

 

 

[cooperplace]

Ejected from aircraft? No single point restraints worn by jumpers? And why did pilot insist on jumpers staying with aircraft when a non airport landing was obvious. Bad calls right from start of sortie.

not to mention running out of fuel. I struggle with him not dumping the jumpers. The glide approach and non-powered landing would be easier with the reduced weight, among other things.

What's really scary is the actual landing site. I had a good walk around it. He cleared a 3-storey building by what must have been inches, and then by extraordinary good luck there was a gap in the very solid steel fence that -I'm fairly sure- he glided through. On either side of this gap are 75mm steel posts.

 

 

[Guest ozzie]

Lots of questions about the compliance state of the aircraft. quick check shows the aircraft owner operates the tandem operation and is the SA member of the APF board.

 

 

[RobS2107]

According to that report, it took off at 1331 with 110 L of fuel on board, and ran out at 1425. Even if it was using 40 L/hr, he would have only used 36L. So if this is simply running out of fuel, then he got the fuel content on board seriously wrong.

The report also mentions the operator uses both 10L and 20L dipsticks, there is a possibility it was dipped with a 10L stick and calculated as 20L hence only about 55L fuel. The same aircraft was involved in a fuel starvation accident in 2011 where the investigation found that there was probably more than one dipstick in use.

 

 

[PA.]

So some dipstick stuck the wrong dipstick in the hole more than once.