red750 Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Two people have been injured after a plane carrying ten people, including a young child, crashed on a luxury island near the Great Barrier Reef. Two rescue helicopters and a Royal Flying Doctor Service plane have been deployed to the scene at Lizard Island, a small granite island about 1624km northwest of Brisbane, following reports of the crash around 7.30am on Monday. A Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) spokeswoman said 10 patients were assessed by emergency services. Two were of concern but the rest only suffered minor injuries. The spokeswoman said the aircraft appeared to have overshot while navigating the island’s runway, which is less than a kilometre long. Lizard Island is serviced by Cessna Caravans. 1
yampy Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Media photographs of the incident confirm Cessna 208 Caravan . 1
facthunter Posted January 8 Posted January 8 (edited) Sky show it as a 737 looking thing. Typical. With THEM, anything goes. Nev Edited January 8 by facthunter 1
onetrack Posted January 8 Posted January 8 The ABC has a slightly more informative news article - and it says the Cessna (yes, it really WAS a Cessna!!) flipped on takeoff "after hitting some trees". Looks to me like the pilot hit about the only trees on the island! - but they are in line with the runway! There's going to be a lot of awkward questions asked here, over the level of aircraft loading, and the settings for the control surfaces for takeoff. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-08/lizard-island-light-plane-crash/103292742 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lizard_Island_Airport.jpg
flying dog Posted January 8 Posted January 8 And CH7 say it is a TWIN Engine one too! Then they had an "aviation specialist" blabbing on about "the size/length and width of the runways varies"..... Like that has anything to do with the price of eggs in China. 1
facthunter Posted January 8 Posted January 8 While People READ it OR listen, they will keep on churning it out. Nev 1
flying dog Posted January 8 Posted January 8 It is sort of sad that news has reduced itself to be fear/anger/bad news mongers. Now and then they do something "cheerful" but only to cleans our palette of all the crap they dish out. 1
spacesailor Posted January 8 Posted January 8 I saw a video , of " engine out on take off " , with a turn back. That ' Almost made the runway . spacesailor 1
Blueadventures Posted January 8 Posted January 8 6 minutes ago, spacesailor said: I saw a video , of " engine out on take off " , with a turn back. That ' Almost made the runway . spacesailor reporting 100m short; great effort as no option ahead as only water there.
flying dog Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Interesting - looking at the picture - if they had ENGINE FAILURE ON TAKEOFF: The fan would stop spinning. So why are the props so bent? Ok, I'll accept windmilling, but gee they must have been turning at a great rate of knots to have them that bent. 1 2
onetrack Posted January 9 Posted January 9 (edited) The PT-6A is one of the most reliable turbines around, it's highly unusual for it to fail. However, the indications are, it may have been a partial engine failure. It appears it had enough power to do a return to the airstrip from around 4000', however the landing was obviously less than successful, and with a runway overshoot on the return, it appears the pilot may have landed long. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/349706 https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2024/report/ao-2024-001 Edited January 9 by onetrack 1
poteroo Posted January 9 Posted January 9 Did they overshoot or undershoot? Looks to me that they flew quite a long final, which is tempting fate if you are struggling with perhaps a partial loss of power, but still flying a power on profile. I'm a born pessimist, and hangin very close so that a short final can be flown in the glide. But, they all got out, and that's the result we all strive for. 2 1
facthunter Posted January 9 Posted January 9 As is often the Case WE weren't there. IF he over ran the landing, perhaps braking wasn't normal. Nev 1
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