Yenn Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Once again CASA has decided to have a go at shutting down a successful Australian aircraft manufacturer. All the GA8 Airvans have been grounded in Australia and CASA have notified the rest of the world of its decision. Note that the FAA have not followed suit and they have more Airvans than Australia. A skydiving Airvan crashed in Scandanavia killing all on board, but as yet there is no finding on what caused the crash. It may have been a mid air break up, but then again a possible cause has not ben settled on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Once again CASA has decided to have a go at shutting down a successful Australian aircraft manufacturer. All the GA8 Airvans have been grounded in Australia and CASA have notified the rest of the world of its decision. Note that the FAA have not followed suit and they have more Airvans than Australia. A skydiving Airvan crashed in Scandanavia killing all on board, but as yet there is no finding on what caused the crash. It may have been a mid air break up, but then again a possible cause has not ben settled on. According to the story I read Scandinavia grounded them first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenn Posted July 23, 2019 Author Share Posted July 23, 2019 I didn't see that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Still not the right information. EASA issued an emergency airworthiness directive that restricted use of the GA8 (in European aviation) to ferry flights only, on 19th July. Casa and CAA NZ followed a day later with a total grounding of the GA8. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/gippsaero-ga8-grounded-following-deadly-sweden-cras-459808/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 AND what have they found, On all those idle aircraft.?. Do they "Anybody" have a look at the grounded machines to see if there's anything amiss. spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Spacey, you've got to know what you're looking for, before you go looking. I'll wager as soon as the Swedish authorities find the "smoking gun" in the crash wreckage, they'll alert all other aviation authorities, so owners can do inspections on the relevant area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 A bit like the Morning (daily) inspection ?. Don't know if there's a problem, but we'll try & find it before it finds us-out. spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenn Posted July 24, 2019 Author Share Posted July 24, 2019 This is not the same sort of response as FAA gave to the Boeing max problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 The FAA are NOW well aware of the "freedoms" they extended to Boeing being misplaced. I think what's generally happened here with the GA 8 being about right. If all parts of the plane are found a good analysis of the cause will be evident. Even 1/2 of a failed section will explain lots. The aircraft had a few mishaps in the spin testing Phase of it's career and dropping people has a few unknowns always present. It's possible the plane itself is not the cause but it's better to be cautious than presume anything. The Lockheed Electra lost 3 wings in flight before the last one was witnessed by another aircraft and they were then grounded.. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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