jetjr Posted November 10, 2015 Posted November 10, 2015 Just heard news, no details much, A plane has managed to land safely after coming down near waters north of Townsville this morning. Emergency services rushed to Saunders Beach just after 9.30am following reports of a plane crash. It’s believed the plane suffered engine troubles, forcing it to make an emergency landing on the beach. The pilot was the only person on board. 1
SDQDI Posted November 11, 2015 Posted November 11, 2015 http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/news/light-aircraft-crashes-at-saunders-beach/story-fnjfzs4b-1227604383057 Those cessna's are always failing................. 1
Jaba-who Posted November 11, 2015 Posted November 11, 2015 Undoubtedly it is a Cessna that's been re-engined with a jabiru engine. Check with FT &Bull - they will have the stats and details. 9 1
jetjr Posted November 11, 2015 Author Posted November 11, 2015 Probably parked to close to a Jab night before 3
fly_tornado Posted November 11, 2015 Posted November 11, 2015 those 60 year old lycomings, still trying to kill pilots
fly_tornado Posted November 11, 2015 Posted November 11, 2015 anything that old is going to have the odd bad day you're
frank marriott Posted November 11, 2015 Posted November 11, 2015 Has anyone tried to explain aircraft maintenance to FT. I have flown this particular aircraft, 1973 model, but it does not have the original engine - just how many I don't know (and out of the many reasons for an engine to stop, what was the reason in this case?). Rest assured that this aircraft is maintained in CHTR category, and as such the current engine has less then 2000hrs on it. The stupid comments about a 60 year old engine are so far from the reality sometimes I wonder if this is an aviation related site or just another "facebook" type area for uninformed rubbish for keyboard experts - no offence intended to the serious posters but really!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4 6 1
gandalph Posted November 11, 2015 Posted November 11, 2015 Frank, I think most people have given up on the idea of explaining anything at all to FT. 1 4 1
rankamateur Posted November 11, 2015 Posted November 11, 2015 Frank, I think most people have given up on the idea of explaining anything at all to FT. But he has been coming along so well, making more sense than usual lately, I was starting to take some notice of some of his posts too. Give him a little more time, you know wisdom comes with age Gandalph, surely there is still hope. 3
eightyknots Posted November 11, 2015 Posted November 11, 2015 But he has been coming along so well, making more sense than usual lately, I was starting to take some notice of some of his posts too. Give him a little more time, you know wisdom comes with age Gandalph, surely there is still hope. I agree, FT has really excelled in the many considered posts he has posted. Quite a few are really humorous which has earned him the "like" tick from me. This prejudice against Lycs (Jabiru-style) is just a small lapse so I think we'll forgive him and look forward to many more interesting posts. Keep up the good work, F_T. 1 2
Gnarly Gnu Posted November 13, 2015 Posted November 13, 2015 Some of you guys must have too much time on your hands reading troll comments. Why bother, just skip ahead. 2
Yenn Posted November 13, 2015 Posted November 13, 2015 For once I think he was tongue in cheek, so definitely improving. 3
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