Guest ozzie Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Tonight channel Nine at 8PM this evenings episode features Barry Dawson and the crash of 'Big Al's' Caravan at Nagambie a few years ago, where the entire tail section was ripped off when a parachute deployed over the tail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ozzie Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I can't work out how it happened. i only posted once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I can't work out how it happened. i only posted once I assumed that you must have been saved ... lots of times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 All better now For those wondering, ozzie had a nervous tic and posted this thread 4 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ozzie Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Big Al was working another Caravan at Townsville when the one at Nagambie went in. He borrowed a 206 and flew down. to pick up the pieces so to speak. On the way back to Townsville he called into Shute were i was working at the time. Al showed me one main wheel and a shoe box!! with a bit of engine case that had the data plate and the oil pick up tube attatched to it, the stainless steel aircraft VH ID plate the stb nav light and some f/glass from the tip and some other small bits and pieces. that was all that was left. i later crawled into the back of a 'Van' and and could see that they are built to light need more strigers and maybe another frame in there. Ozzie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barefootpilot Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 They are built light but tend to survive unless you wrap a pilot shut around the tail! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brentc Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 It was a good story if you didn't catch it. Very lucky and moreso that he had only recently started wearing his chute again. One of the most impressive parts was the live footage of the aircraft descending without a tail and the actual impact with the ground, incidentally almost smack back in the middle of the runway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mad Dave Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 ....and how lucky was he to get out of the plane that close to the ground and survive!! A couple of secnds more........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultralights Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 i tried embedding the video, but cant seam to get it to work.. so ill try this. video of the segment. amazing viewing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winsor68 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLA82 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 People throw the hero tag around alot lately wheel-up landings etc but that MAN is a true Hero. That footage actually made me shiver. Well Done:thumb_up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLA82 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 I noticed this clip and thought this was the best thread to enter it in. It looks like fun but is this hard on the aircraft and could that strut break? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jqdFC9ck5k" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ozzie Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 i've never heard of a cessna strut breaking from jumpers hanging off it. some inconsiderate types occasionally 'bat hang' by their feet off the leading edge. dings them up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winsor68 Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Recreational Flying (.com.au) | The home of Recreational Pilots and Ultralight Flying Not quite about the Cessna Parachute Crash...but every time these threads start about parachuting and the things that can go wrong I find myself adding more video's on the same thread...so I added this one to the video section... I find parachuting absolutely fascinating but would never have the balls ever to do it...I believe I mentioned before that the gliding club I grew up amongst operated for a time from the Mount Guide Parachute Club facilities near Mount Isa...I saw several parachute malfunctions when I was a kid and I guess this has just added to my...I guess morbid...fascination. In fact my brother and I had a parachute when I was about 8 years old I guess...old WW2 issue thing discarded by the gliding club...I remember when dad bought it home and we were really excited about going outside and pulling the ripcord, which was actually a bit of a disappointment because the parachute didn't leap out...just sort of flopped. We never managed to get it back into the pack after that...used to run around dragging it behind us...I guess we were lucky never to try it in a strong wind lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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