Jaba-who Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Two seater (Type unknown) but powered by a subaru conversion had a forced landing in far north Queensland today. Very limited details but seems the timing belt broke. Forced landing near Hurricane Station north west of Cairns . Minimal or no injuries. Must have got out a mayday as the rescue helicopter based in Cairns went out & picked them up. Delivered the two on board back to their home strip south west of Cairns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shafs64 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 good news. great flying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff13 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Looks like someone did a good job putting it down there. Photo courtesy of rescue 510 Cairns. 4 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rankamateur Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Very lucky the clearing didn't have a fence right up the guts of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Great flying! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Wonder if it was that guy enquiring about the Foxcon Terrier 100 last Thursday and went for a test flight today .... http://www.recreationalflying.com/threads/foxcon-terrier-100.147482/#post-551274 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunder Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Very lucky the clearing didn't have a fence right up the guts of it. Funny you should say that. Saw a house and what looked like a strip cut through timber right up to the front of the house from 7000 odd feet up yesterday. Closer inspection revealed power poles right down the guts of the "strip" ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rankamateur Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Closer inspection revealed power poles right down the guts of the "strip" ........ Surely you could still slip in under the wires and land between the poles though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teckair Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Surely you could still slip in under the wires and land between the poles though. Maybe but I can see that going wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teckair Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Looks like someone did a good job putting it down there. Photo courtesy of rescue 510 Cairns. [ATTACH=full]42022[/ATTACH] Yes I am not sure how they did that the plane looks intact and on its wheels in a confined area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rankamateur Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Yes I am not sure how they did that the plane looks intact and on its wheels in a confined area. Maybe they have already folded the chute. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rankamateur Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Surely you could still slip in under the wires and land between the poles though. Flying up through Queensland there is often a high tension powerline right up the middle of all the suitable clearings in the tiger country. Fact is there is usually quite a wide clearing but the track if there is one, is often in close to the towers. It would still get consideration in a pinch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teckair Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 If it is a Terrier.. I can confirm it wouldn't be too much concern landing on what I see in the picture Wow how short can a Terrier land? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Wow how short can a Terrier land? ...and then we took the wings off .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rankamateur Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 ...and then we took the wings off ..[ATTACH=full]42033[/ATTACH] Much better than taking them off during the landing. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teckair Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 If it is a Terrier.. I can confirm it wouldn't be too much concern landing on what I see in the picture Really? Dead sticked it in to what looks like less than 100 metres over obstacles? Not too much concern? How good would that pilot have to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunder Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Pucker-factor would be right up there! Not like you can go around or roll to a stop in a paddock. One shot at glory...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDQDI Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Really? Dead sticked it in to what looks like less than 100 metres over obstacles? Not too much concern? How good would that pilot have to be? Tech photos are a bit deceiving, I did a rough measurement and I would say that clearing would be closer to 200 metres long than one hundred but having said that I do reckon there would be a fence along there and if it is in any way similar to other fence clearings through scrub that I have seen it would be very doable in an engine out but you need to consider a few things for example a low wing won't handle landing beside a fence real well and also most of these fence clearings are not that well maintained so the ground can be fairly uneven. Like I say in an engine out they are a lot better option than the trees but still be aware of surprises. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Am hearing the redrive belt broke. ( one lucky dude ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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