RobS2107

A distant photo in this report.

 

Two hurt when light aircraft flips on landing in SA

 

 

The blue haze was almost certainly not visible. I am pretty sure it is an artefact of stitching two adjacent images together, the ground is fine but because the aircraft moves between shots it doesn't fare as well. If you look at this (https://goo.gl/maps/gWETFPDKmm52) aircraft lifting from Runway 25 at Sydney you will notice a similar haze. If you scroll east the TWY 25 threshold you see a very distorted plane. https://goo.gl/maps/AWhXXzcfVnJ2

 

 

The wreckage of the aircraft has been spotted, no word on the pilot.

 

http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/02/28/06/29/search-for-missing-pilot-and-light-aircraft-over-the-blue-mountains

 

 

Looks work in preparation for relocation of CFS fixed wing aircraft from Woodside to Brukunga.

 

http://www.powerfmsa.com.au/news/local-news/47985-relocation-of-fire-fighting-aircraft-base

 

 

According to that report, it took off at 1331 with 110 L of fuel on board, and ran out at 1425. Even if it was using 40 L/hr, he would have only used 36L. So if this is simply running out of fuel, then he got the fuel content on board seriously wrong.

The report also mentions the operator uses both 10L and 20L dipsticks, there is a possibility it was dipped with a 10L stick and calculated as 20L hence only about 55L fuel. The same aircraft was involved in a fuel starvation accident in 2011 where the investigation found that there was probably more than one dipstick in use.