BPN Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Heard onnews today 2 people walked away from crash at ypku airport this morning. Does anyone have more detail..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webbm Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/15919763/men-in-hospital-after-kununurra-plane-crash/ Update 2.30pm: Two men have been taken to hospital with minor injuries after a light plane crashed at Kununurra Airport this morning. The crash happened at the airport, which is about 3km west of the Kimberley town, just before 9am. A police spokesman said the six-seater Cessna 182, which is owned by local charter company Shoal Air, only had the two men onboard when it crashed on the Ord River side of the runway. Police said the plane lost power shortly after take off. It is understood the plane had just left the ground when its engine cut out and its pilot tried to land while it was still above the runway. The Shoal Air pilot deployed the plane’s landing gear and went to land in the clear strip to the right of the runway, but the land was boggy and the plane skidded when it hit the ground. The plane nosed into the ground, flipped and landed in tall grass next to the airstrip. Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley chief executive Gary Gaffney said pictures he had seen suggested the plane had not been flying high when it came down outside the boundaries of the airport, just beyond its perimeter. Mr Gaffney said emergency crews dealt with a fuel spill and the airport was closed for several hours while it was made safe. Police were investigating the crash on behalf of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority. “The two people that were inside the aircraft walked away from the aircraft and there was no report of any major injuries,” Mr Gaffney said. The pilot, 37, and passenger, 57, both suffered minor injuries, with the pilot receiving facial injuries. A St John Ambulance spokesman said the men were taken to Kununurra Hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 A 6 seater 182??????? It was a cessna 210 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Cessna182RG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Isaac Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Cessna182RG Not if it is a 6 seater thommo. For it to a 6 seater with retractable gear and a Cessna it would be a C210. The C206 is a 6 seater but with fixed gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Not if it is a 6 seater thommo. For it to a 6 seater with retractable gear and a Cessna it would be a C210. The C206 is a 6 seater but with fixed gear. You're probably spot on about the C210 but I must admit I thought I used to rent a 6 seat C182 out of Kununurra. They do have some weird modded ones up there for the tourist operations. Nearly all the C206s are/were the stretched 8 seaters for example. It was a hoot watching the young pilots loading them each morning for the Bungles flights. They'd be standing at the rear holding the HS up to stop the plane falling on its tail while everyone got in, loading the rear seats first. Once everyone was in the pilot would make a wild dash to the front slamming doors on the way and throw his weight on the front as the nosewheel lifted off. It was all Ok once he was in then they had to go through the charade again when they got back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Isaac Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Yes Alan, You have to laugh about the C206 in that regard, that is exactly how they knew if they were within limits , if the nose wheel didn't come back down when they jumped in she was tail heavy, anything else was OK. The F250 of the sky ... LOL. You wouldn't believe how many meat bombs will fit in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWF Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 It was probably VH-RLP a 1963 Cessna 210-5. In the pic on TV it had 6 cylinder engine, struts, retractable U/C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Isaac Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Yes, possible because the early C210s had struts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XP503 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 "8 seat C206" they're called C207's.... http://www.pilotfriend.com/aircraft%20performance/Cessna/c205%20c206%20c207.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I'll put $1000 on it that it is a Cessna 182RG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingVizsla Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I'll put $1000 on it that it is a Cessna 182RG ATSB thinks it is http://www.atsb.com.au/publications/investigation_reports/2013/aair/ao-2013-023.aspx Rego details http://casa-query.funnelback.com/search/search.cgi?collection=casa_aircraft_register&query=owz&session=2125227788 First registered in Aust Oct 2011. VH-OWZ was on a C185 before that. You can also follow the historical flights on flight tracking sites eg Flightaware Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Looks like I was correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XP503 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Looks like you owe yourself a big pat on the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Well it was a four seater then if its 182. Best you can get in them is 3 kids across the back seat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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