July 2018: Dutch museum Aviodrome to get Rovos Air Convair 340, ferry flight…

Jeez ! , that doesn’t make pleasant reading.

Report is out:
http://www.caa.co.za/Accidents%20and%20Incidents%20Reports/9722.pdf

SOUTH AFRICAN CONVAIR CRASH INTERIM REPORT RELEASED

http://australianaviation.com.au/2018/08/south-african-convair-crash-interim-report-released/
The two highly-experienced Australian pilots of a crashed Convair CV-340 did not follow the prescribed checklist procedures when they discovered an engine had caught fire, a South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) preliminary accident investigation report says.
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I see there’s now increasing speculation coming out of SA that the wing tanks may have been filled with Jet-A rather than Avgas prior to the flight……..:apologetic:

Oh wow, what is going on? 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁

That is 3 vintage passenger aircraft crashes in 30 days!
21 of 57 passengers dead. HORRIBLE!

In this case not as bad as the Ju-Air crash, but still.

…some Dutch and/or Belgian readers may be left speechless after reading this
“editorial comment” :stupid:
that appeared a regional version of a national Dutch newspaper 6 August 2018 :

https://www.leidschdagblad.nl/nieuws/commentaar-historische-luchtvaart
is not worth translating into English, really… :rolleyes:

Yes, The Netherlands has got “gutter press” editors as well… :dev2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVewcZzOyTk

Wonderboom Convair Crash Capture From Inside
Footage of the Convair crash at Wonderboom airport

“Disclaimer not my video all rights belong to the individual who recorded it”

As you can see some sort of “nacelle fire” is developing.

This flight was apparently some sort of a “thank you”-flight
for people who over the last few months had been working on -and around the Convair.

…see
https://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/610956-convair-340-c-131d-zs-brv-crash-pretoria-south-africa-6.html
for additional comments, some rather knowledgeable it seems…

Very sad indeed. At least the prognosis is optimistic for both the pilots.

Rob

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/pilots-injured-in-vintage-qantas-plane-crash-remain-in-comas

Did not realize that both pilots had been injured so seriously. Best wishes for their speedy recovery.

There is another video, showing the take off from the end of the runway, in this thread on PPRuNe (post #30): https://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/610956-convair-340-c-131d-zs-brv-crash-pretoria-south-africa.html

These Convairs were somewhat likely to suffer from augmentor fires due to fuel pooling/oily tubes or such, in combination with the exhaust running through these tubes in the nacelle. John Deakin mentions it in his article about the CAF’s C-131 here: https://www.avweb.com/news/pelican/182145-1.html This also provides an insight into the systems of this type.

I hope the other occupants will recover soon. A very sad outcome for this project.

Whilst not knowing the two Australian pilots personally,I can perhaps furnish a little more information on the situation from a friend, and ex-QANTAS and RAAF pilot who knows them both well.
Apparently, the aircraft had undergone an extensive refurbishment prior to its flight to its new home at The Aviodrome, Holland. Both the pilots are extremely senior QANTAS A380 captains, one retired, one current, with around 37000 hours between them, and both active members of HARS, with a great deal of experience on vintage piston-engined aircraft with similar engines, for example, Caribou and Catalina.
We understand the aircraft was carrying around 18 passengers, comprised of family, friends, and those involved in the restoration, on the flight to The Netherlands.
My friend’s initial thoughts are, and these are not to be taken in any other way than guesswork, are that the high density altitude, and the 21 or more people on board, made single-engine performance at takeoff and climb out, marginal to impossible.
In any case, a very sad and tragic outcome.

I don’t know how far you need to go to turn one of these around but the video shows a smoke trail almost before it is airborne.

Merged two threads and closed another. Lets keep it all in here please?

All round a very tragic event for all of those involved, and their families and friends. From what I understand a very international party was involved in making it airworthy again (South African, Dutch, Australian), the nationalities of those aboard reflecting that. One aboard was killed, as was a bystander on the ground, a fair amount of those injured are still in hospital with injuries ranging from relatively light to severe. Let’s forget about the (nice) aircraft for a moment and spare a thought for those vintage aviation enthusiasts aboard and those affected on the ground who are struggling to recover from this tragic event. Aircraft can be replaced. People cannot.

Would be a good idea to merge the three (!) threads running on this accident.

I looked at the other thread yesterday, but couldn’t make head nor tale of the links; why so many on board a test flight?

Already in the other thread….

Convair 340 crash in Africa yesterday.

https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-07-10-20-injured-in-plane-crash-outside-pretoria/

Unfortunately one person died when ZS-BRV crashed on a test flight before being delivered to the Netherlands.

” A Convair 340, registation ZS-BRV, crashed and broke up during a test flight out of Wonderboom Airport, reportedly carrying about 20 occupants.
During takeoff from Wonderboom Airport, the aircraft was seen trailing brown smoke from the no.1 engine. Eyewitnesses also reported observing flames. The pilot flew a circuit for an emergenncy landing back ton runway 29. It went down about 6 km to the east of the airport. The aircraft impacted a shed and broke up. One of the crew members sustained fatal injuries.

The aircraft had been donated by the owner, Rovos Air, to the Dutch aviation theme park Aviodrome. It carried the colour scheme of the former Dutch airline Martin’s Air Charter (later renamed Martinair) and was to be ferried to the Netherlands with an expected arrival at Lelystad Airport on July 23, 2018. ”

https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20180710-0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnAL_fcaXco

Convair 340 taking off from Wonderboom before crash 2018/07/10

…also see the photo at
https://twitter.com/HankeFourie/status/1016707963401244672
made during take-off. Yes, a lot of smoke from the lefthand-engine.