208 Caravan down

Does anybody imagine what it would be like to touch down on that terrain????

john smith wrote:

In article wkwBf.324316$2k.72163@pd7tw1no,
"soon to be student" wrote:


A Cessna 208 Caravan crashed on Vancouver Island near the town of Port
Alberni killing the pilot and Two passangers. According to the local news
the pilot had radioed a Mayday declaring that he had an engine failure and
was going to attempt a dead-stick landing on a logging road but he didn't
make it and the plane crashed at a 60 degree nose down attitude. The pilot
was 25 years old. At this time I don't know how many hours he had.


60-degrees nose down indicates to me that he may have stalled it.

soon to be student wrote:

... make it and the plane crashed at a 60 degree nose down attitude.

The article says that the slope of the hillside is a 50 to 60 degree angle, and
the plane came to rest with the nose pointed downhill. That's a *lot* different
from crashing at a 60 degree nose-down angle.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

john smith wrote:

60-degrees nose down indicates to me that he may have stalled it.

It would if that had been what happened, but it's not.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

"The Visitor" wrote in message ...
Does anybody imagine what it would be like to touch down on that
terrain????

Bumpy?

"George Patterson" wrote in message
news:RaCBf.8044$zh2.4699@trnddc01...
soon to be student wrote:

... make it and the plane crashed at a 60 degree nose down attitude.

The article says that the slope of the hillside is a 50 to 60 degree
angle, and
the plane came to rest with the nose pointed downhill. That's a *lot*
different
from crashing at a 60 degree nose-down angle.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong
to
your slightly older self




The local paper had reported that the pilot had almost made it to the
logging road but the right main landing gear clipped the top of the tree
causing the pilot to lose control of the plane, crashing nose first at a 60
degree angle into a bank, crushing the front passanger compartment.

It is also worth mentioning that Sonic Blue airways has had their operators
licence suspended by transport canada for numerous safety violations after
the accident. Some former pilots are now talking to the papers about their
problems with the small commuter airline and the many safety concerns they
had before quitting the company. The Province paper also has reported that
Transport Canada had fined International Express Air Charter - which does
buisness with Sonic Blue- and Regency Express Flight Operations a total of
$40,000 last year for violating Canadian Air Regs. which included
maintenance irregulartities. The company and some of its pilots have been
handed six enforcement orders since 1999.

A pilot that has since quit Sonic Blue has gone on to say that current and
former employees have long disscussed maintenance issues at the company. The
father of the pilot who died had said his son had discussed with him a few
times about maintenance and safety issues with Sonic Blue and when he
brought those to the attention of the chief pilot he, (the dead pilot) was
then taken off the regular schedule and put on standby effectively cutting
his hours back.

This sounds like a sad story of a company putting profits ahead of safety
and this can be the result of such a move!

Please fly safe everyone! I would much rather talk to you than about you!