Admin Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Please be advised that under site rules regarding accidents and incidents, this thread has been cleaned up. Please remember the site rules regarding accidents and incidents: 3. Accidents and Incidents Accidents and Incidents posts are to be made with consideration to them being a learning tool for the betterment of all forum members No conclusions shall be made on the cause of any accident. No allocation of personal blame shall be made directly or indirectly at any person. Possible causes, or contributory factors, of an accident may be explored and opinion given based on the poster’s demonstrated reasons for giving such opinion. All posts shall be sensible of the feelings of family and friends and expressed accordingly. Strict moderation will be applied to all posts to ensure these rules are adhered to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cscotthendry Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Pretty sure I know them from Old station this year. Hope they recover OK.Big day today as I had to relay a MAYDAY today which was an EF as well that turned out OK. Hope you get it sorted Tony. Neil: Goldy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballpoint 246niner Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 No i Neil:Goldy? No mate - an aircraft going back to Gatton from Archer Falls on Sunday, we were overflying Kilcoy at the time, the pilot issued the Mayday on 126.700 which is not monitored by ATC so I relayed for the pilot while he was busy. Are all RA pilots on this forum aware that distress calls, where possible should be made on the appropriate CTR frequency for the area they are flying?, that's the second one in twelve months I have heard on a CTAF or MULTICOM. It's no problem for a fellow pilot to relay but having the standby freq on your radio set to CTR or better still monitoring it when away from a CTAF area is not only good airmanship and CRM , but may save you in more ways than one. Just putting it out there...... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulh Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Giving CPR for nearly half an hour is not an easy thing to do especially to an adult male, full credit to those first on the scene and with the necessary training. Hope it turns out positively for pilot and family Good reminder to go do the CPR refresher, might just save a mate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M61A1 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 No iNo mate - an aircraft going back to Gatton from Archer Falls on Sunday, we were overflying Kilcoy at the time, the pilot issued the Mayday on 126.700 which is not monitored by ATC so I relayed for the pilot while he was busy. Are all RA pilots on this forum aware that distress calls, where possible should be made on the appropriate CTR frequency for the area they are flying?, that's the second one in twelve months I have heard on a CTAF or MULTICOM. It's no problem for a fellow pilot to relay but having the standby freq on your radio set to CTR or better still monitoring it when away from a CTAF area is not only good airmanship and CRM , but may save you in more ways than one. Just putting it out there...... Might be a good reason to update my radio.....by the time I stuff about with the old thumbwheels, I'd be on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 No iNo mate - an aircraft going back to Gatton from Archer Falls on Sunday, we were overflying Kilcoy at the time, the pilot issued the Mayday on 126.700 which is not monitored by ATC so I relayed for the pilot while he was busy. Are all RA pilots on this forum aware that distress calls, where possible should be made on the appropriate CTR frequency for the area they are flying?, that's the second one in twelve months I have heard on a CTAF or MULTICOM. It's no problem for a fellow pilot to relay but having the standby freq on your radio set to CTR or better still monitoring it when away from a CTAF area is not only good airmanship and CRM , but may save you in more ways than one. Just putting it out there...... While I was aware of this, it seems some (too many) are not. Might be a worthy topic for a thread of it's own to bring it to the attention of more people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 No iNo mate - an aircraft going back to Gatton from Archer Falls on Sunday, we were overflying Kilcoy at the time, the pilot issued the Mayday on 126.700 which is not monitored by ATC so I relayed for the pilot while he was busy. Are all RA pilots on this forum aware that distress calls, where possible should be made on the appropriate CTR frequency for the area they are flying?, that's the second one in twelve months I have heard on a CTAF or MULTICOM. It's no problem for a fellow pilot to relay but having the standby freq on your radio set to CTR or better still monitoring it when away from a CTAF area is not only good airmanship and CRM , but may save you in more ways than one. Just putting it out there...... Ballpoint, During Natfly 2010 I attended a forum put on by the AMSA boys, at Temora. They were just full of very interesting info in respect to their busy job of finding and rescuing people in distress. I spoke with them at length afterwards in respect to flying in remote country, as we do often up here in NQld. I specifically asked what frequency should one put out the distress call in required. They stated that CNTR would be preferable, however putting one out on local CTAF would also be better than not putting one out at all. He told me that most commercial traffic would monitor CTAF frequency also, so the chances of being heard on either was pretty good, by overhead traffic, which could then relay. The best situation of course according to him was if time allowed to put a call out on each....................Maj... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Ballpoint, I was just wondering whether the Kilcoy pilot was flying locally in the CTAF, as many students would be doing, and most likely all of them having the CTAF frequency on a prompt card or memorised for their solo training, so may never have heard of CTR. Would it be possible for you to outline, what CTR does, and how the frequencies change after solo practice when a pilot starts doing cross country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballpoint 246niner Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 The pilot is An experienced pilot and should be aware of distress procedures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Gazer Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Has anyone had an update recently ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teckair Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 The last I heard the pilot was in Brisbane on life support, it is a miracle he is even alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teckair Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Heard today the pilot is still alive and on life support and it is hoped he will survive. This is one really amazing survival story so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JabSP6 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 It is with great regret and a heavy heart that i inform you today the decission was made to turn off the life support for our friend. He had irreparable damage to the spinal chord sustained from the 2 broken vertebrae in his neck. He also suffered broken ribs, another broken vertebra in his lower back along with a broken femur. It is only due to the miraculous effort of those first at the scene that he was able to stay with us as long as he did. He was a colourful character and will be truly missed. All of our thoughts go out to his wife and family. Andrew JabSP6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Isaac Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 So terribly sorry to here that Andrew, our hearts go out to his family and friends. May he rest in peace. A very sad outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly_tornado Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 A terrible outcome. My condolences to his friends and family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingVizsla Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Very sorry to hear this news. A fellow aviator and family - thoughts & prayers are with you. Fly free. Sue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit12 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Condolences to the family and friends in this tough time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 My condolences Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 My condolences to family and friends.....sad ending....................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballpoint 246niner Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 So sorry to hear Andrew, my deepest sympathy to all . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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