208 Caravan down

A Cessna 208 Caravan crashed on Vancouver Island near the town of Port
Alberni killing the pilot and Two passangers. According to the local news
the pilot had radioed a Mayday declaring that he had an engine failure and
was going to attempt a dead-stick landing on a logging road but he didn't
make it and the plane crashed at a 60 degree nose down attitude. The pilot
was 25 years old. At this time I don't know how many hours he had.

Here is a link

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...essna_bc_plane
_crash_060122/20060122?hub=TopStories

Five passengers did survive including a young child.

My condolences to the familys of the dead and I hope a speedy recovery to
those that survived.

soon to be student wrote:

Here is a link

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...essna_bc_plane
_crash_060122/20060122?hub=TopStories

Here's a shortened version of it:

http://tinyurl.com/bskks

--
Peter

There is no reason why an engine failure should make the
airplane assume a 60 degree nose down attitude, the pilot
screwed up if that is true. The PT6 will auto-feather if
the engine quits and the glide is very good.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

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"soon to be student" wrote in message
news:wkwBf.324316$2k.72163@pd7tw1no...
|A Cessna 208 Caravan crashed on Vancouver Island near the
town of Port
| Alberni killing the pilot and Two passangers. According to
the local news
| the pilot had radioed a Mayday declaring that he had an
engine failure and
| was going to attempt a dead-stick landing on a logging
road but he didn't
| make it and the plane crashed at a 60 degree nose down
attitude. The pilot
| was 25 years old. At this time I don't know how many hours
he had.
|
| Here is a link
|
|
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...essna_bc_plane
| _crash_060122/20060122?hub=TopStories
|
| Five passengers did survive including a young child.
|
| My condolences to the familys of the dead and I hope a
speedy recovery to
| those that survived.
|
|

In article wkwBf.324316$2k.72163@pd7tw1no,
"soon to be student" wrote:

A Cessna 208 Caravan crashed on Vancouver Island near the town of Port
Alberni killing the pilot and Two passangers. According to the local news
the pilot had radioed a Mayday declaring that he had an engine failure and
was going to attempt a dead-stick landing on a logging road but he didn't
make it and the plane crashed at a 60 degree nose down attitude. The pilot
was 25 years old. At this time I don't know how many hours he had.

60-degrees nose down indicates to me that he may have stalled it.

"john smith" wrote in message
...
In article wkwBf.324316$2k.72163@pd7tw1no,
"soon to be student" wrote:

A Cessna 208 Caravan crashed on Vancouver Island near the town of Port
Alberni killing the pilot and Two passangers. According to the local news
the pilot had radioed a Mayday declaring that he had an engine failure
and
was going to attempt a dead-stick landing on a logging road but he didn't
make it and the plane crashed at a 60 degree nose down attitude. The
pilot
was 25 years old. At this time I don't know how many hours he had.

60-degrees nose down indicates to me that he may have stalled it.

Or, landed in trees (which the article I read suggested). The angle after
everything stops wouldn't have much to do with the angle at which he touched
down in the tree tops.

I suspect that if he had stalled and hit solid ground at a 60 degree angle,
there would be 8 dead, not 3.

A sad event in any case.

--
Geoff
the sea hawk at wow way d0t com
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Jim Macklin wrote:
There is no reason why an engine failure should make the
airplane assume a 60 degree nose down attitude, the pilot
screwed up if that is true. The PT6 will auto-feather if
the engine quits and the glide is very good.

Did you miss the part where the local news station said that? :-)

"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
news:P3xBf.69419$QW2.15523@dukeread08...
There is no reason why an engine failure should make the
airplane assume a 60 degree nose down attitude, the pilot
screwed up if that is true. The PT6 will auto-feather if
the engine quits and the glide is very good.

My thought were that there should be no survivors, if the plane impacted at
a 60 degree angle, and after reading the account, I'll stick by that. The
article said that the plane ended up in a 60 degree nose down attitude. It
did not say how it impacted. Is it possible that it hit somewhat level,
then slid, or went down an embankment, or something like that?
--
Jim in NC

The plane came to rest on a steep hill, is what they were trying to get
across.

"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk at wow way d0t com wrote in message
...
Or, landed in trees (which the article I read suggested). The angle after
everything stops wouldn't have much to do with the angle at which he
touched
down in the tree tops.

I suspect that if he had stalled and hit solid ground at a 60 degree
angle,
there would be 8 dead, not 3.

A sad event in any case.

--
Geoff
the sea hawk at wow way d0t com
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Spell checking is left as an excercise for the reader.

Yes, did not look at it at all. My comment was based solely
on the 60 degree angle as posted.


"Rachel" wrote in message
...
| Jim Macklin wrote:
| There is no reason why an engine failure should make the
| airplane assume a 60 degree nose down attitude, the
pilot
| screwed up if that is true. The PT6 will auto-feather
if
| the engine quits and the glide is very good.
|
| Did you miss the part where the local news station said
that? :-)

I'd agree to that, an impact angle greater than 15 degrees
is almost always fatal.


"Morgans" wrote in message
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|
| "Jim Macklin" wrote
in message
| news:P3xBf.69419$QW2.15523@dukeread08...
| There is no reason why an engine failure should make the
| airplane assume a 60 degree nose down attitude, the
pilot
| screwed up if that is true. The PT6 will auto-feather
if
| the engine quits and the glide is very good.
|
| My thought were that there should be no survivors, if the
plane impacted at
| a 60 degree angle, and after reading the account, I'll
stick by that. The
| article said that the plane ended up in a 60 degree nose
down attitude. It
| did not say how it impacted. Is it possible that it hit
somewhat level,
| then slid, or went down an embankment, or something like
that?
| --
| Jim in NC
|