Pilot bails from skydive aircraft
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Pilot bails from skydive aircraft
... but everyone survives???
Pilot 'parachutes out of crashing plane with six other passengers on board' | Daily Mail Online
Pilot 'parachutes out of crashing plane with six other passengers on board' | Daily Mail Online
Typical Daily Fail.
ASN report:
ASN report:
A Cessna U206C Super Skywagon (Turbine Conversions Pratt Ltd Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 550 hp turbine conversion) experienced a Skydiver premature parachute deployment at 14,000 msl damaging the tail section. The pilot was able to parachute to safety after the six skydivers jumped out and the aircraft was destroyed. The plane crashed in a field east of Butler Memorial Airport (BUM/KBUM), Butler, Missouri. No injuries.
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Had to be. When you see the wreckage no one would have survived that!
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Oh so typical of the Daily Fail & its borderline dishonesty.
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As a child, I used to read comics such as the Beano or the Dandy. In old age, the Daily Mail and the Yarmouth Mercury (Norfolk, where I grew up) now provide the equivalent entertainment.
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As a child, I used to read comics such as the Beano or the Dandy. In old age, the Daily Mail and the Yarmouth Mercury (Norfolk, where I grew up) now provide the equivalent entertainment.
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The headline is rubbish but the article does say:
"The six others on board were all skydivers and were all able to jump clear of the Cessna before it struck the ground.The pilot was the last once to leave the doomed plane. "
"The six others on board were all skydivers and were all able to jump clear of the Cessna before it struck the ground.The pilot was the last once to leave the doomed plane. "
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We were talking about a very similar accident in Switzerland back in February. Sadly the pilot in that accident was not wearing a parachute & had no chance to escape.
Para drop flight accident
Para drop flight accident
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"It is unclear whether the other passengers were also able to escape the Cessna before it struck the ground."
It's still badly edited, still containing them miraculously surviving a plane crash, when in fact they'd avoided being in it
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The pilot is required to wear a 'chute in Canada too. I had to wear one when I flew jumpers, and it was quite uncomfortable in the Cessna seat! But I see the wisdom of the rule! I don't know if it gets relaxed for larger airplane sizes. I asked the jumpmaster once if their hitting the H stab (C185 & C206) was a risk. He told me that they try for fun. I asked him not to try! But, I have seen several photos of 182 H stabs which had been hit by a jumper, so it is obviously possible.
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The pilot is required to wear a 'chute in Canada too. I had to wear one when I flew jumpers, and it was quite uncomfortable in the Cessna seat! But I see the wisdom of the rule! I don't know if it gets relaxed for larger airplane sizes. I asked the jumpmaster once if their hitting the H stab (C185 & C206) was a risk. He told me ththey try for fun. I asked him not to try! But, I have seen several photos of 182 H stabs which had been hit by a jumper, so it is obviously possible.
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The rulemaking has tended to state that either turbine or multiengine A/C does’nt call for a chute for the diverdriver.
But a real risk analysis would look at the probability for a chute to entangle in, or rip of the stabilisator.
Number of engines or type of engines will not make a difference when you have lost the tailplane and are going down.
But a real risk analysis would look at the probability for a chute to entangle in, or rip of the stabilisator.
Number of engines or type of engines will not make a difference when you have lost the tailplane and are going down.
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Here in Denmark there was an accident a few years ago where a jumper got his leg entangled in a safety belt or some sort of strap, and ended up being towed behind or under the aircraft. The pilot couldn't reach the belt-cutter tool on board, and couldn't leave his position to haul him back in. In the end, the fire brigade "lubricated" the entire runway with foam, after which they landed. Can't find the accident report now, but I remember that no serious injury was reported.