http://www.adn.com/article/20150915/float-plane-10-aboard-crashes-iliamna-fatalities
Anyone know who's plane this is?
Anyone know who's plane this is?
Another bad crash
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Float Pilot
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Float Pilot
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The update article says that folks needed to use FLASH-LIGHTS and CAR HEAD LIGHTS to look for the wreckage off of East Wind lake.
The report was logged in at 0630hrs local time, so the boo-boo happened before then. It sounds like it might have been a wee bit dark at the time.
PAIL AA 15 1353Z SCT007 OVC044 10 48 47 24007 960 96% 44
PAIL AP 15 1510Z BKN028 OVC036 10 R- 47 46 25009 960 96% 42
PAIL AP 15 1526Z SCT008 BKN028 OVC040 10 R- 47 46 24009 960 96% 42
PAIL AA 15 1553Z BKN007 BKN031 OVC040 10 47 46 24008 960 96% 43
The report was logged in at 0630hrs local time, so the boo-boo happened before then. It sounds like it might have been a wee bit dark at the time.
PAIL AA 15 1353Z SCT007 OVC044 10 48 47 24007 960 96% 44
PAIL AP 15 1510Z BKN028 OVC036 10 R- 47 46 25009 960 96% 42
PAIL AP 15 1526Z SCT008 BKN028 OVC040 10 R- 47 46 24009 960 96% 42
PAIL AA 15 1553Z BKN007 BKN031 OVC040 10 47 46 24008 960 96% 43
Apparently it happened right after takeoff. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/alaska-troopers-dead-crash-plane-carrying-10-33779260
Float Pilot
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This link has some video over-head shots of the scene.
http://www.ktuu.com/news/news/troop...ng-to-reports-of-iliamna-plane-crash/35283466
http://www.ktuu.com/news/news/troop...ng-to-reports-of-iliamna-plane-crash/35283466
Yup, it had to have been just a bit on the dark side. And some low scattered stuff, it seems. Man, couldn't they have waited a little bit. 20/20 Hindsight.....
iofthetaiga
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Some good pic's here http://www.adn.com/slideshow/photos-fatal-plane-crash-near-iliamna
Looks like it was under power, slow, low, and a very undesirable attitude.
Looks like it was under power, slow, low, and a very undesirable attitude.
Float Pilot
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Engines making power upon impact usually exhibit a forward curling of the prop blade tips. ( I know it seems like it should be the opposite)
These blades seem to only be bent backwards at the blade base with no tip curling. My one dollar bet would be that the blades were bent back from impact with little to no thrust being produced.
I am glad most folks lived through the impact.
The 3 guys who died were certainly older than anyone else on the plane. I wonder if it was age or seat placement?
Since there are survivors, we will know in a few days.... Although if I was the pilot of any fatal crash, I would not say squat until I had a good lawyer.
These blades seem to only be bent backwards at the blade base with no tip curling. My one dollar bet would be that the blades were bent back from impact with little to no thrust being produced.
I am glad most folks lived through the impact.
The 3 guys who died were certainly older than anyone else on the plane. I wonder if it was age or seat placement?
Since there are survivors, we will know in a few days.... Although if I was the pilot of any fatal crash, I would not say squat until I had a good lawyer.
