If you were fortunate enough to see this plane last year at Farnborough, the sad news is that it has crashed at Omal in the UAE. There were no survivors among the four occupants. 😡
By: Arabella-Cox - 1st May 2012 at 08:12
Yes. The aircraft took off from Mechanics Bay, Auckland, and flew me to Pakatoa Island, a holiday island in the Hauraki Gulf.
I still have very clear recollections of the flight. Mechanics Bay is still there but is simply a helicopter base now. The Grumman Widgeons and Geese are long gone, but formed an important part of Auckland’s social history.
By: Arabella-Cox - 30th April 2012 at 23:00
New Zealand?
By: Arabella-Cox - 30th April 2012 at 20:18
Very sad news. RIP.
My first ever flight aged 12 was aboard a Sea Bee Air Goose, ZK-CFA.
By: Bmused55 - 19th April 2012 at 12:54
Yeah seen that one. They had just finished converting it to turboprop power.
I think it was a “gust lock” that was left in place.
By: Arabella-Cox - 14th April 2012 at 09:01
That is sad and unnecessary. 🙁 RIP. There is another video on you tube where a DHC Caribou takes off and immediately enters a vertical climb, stalls and crashes nose down into the ground. Apparently also because of a control lock. What made it more sad was the pilot’s father was filming it.
By: Newforest - 13th April 2012 at 22:21
Report or rumour? 😀
You would think that something like a control lock would be easily identifiable immediately in the post crash investigation this obviating the need for a costly and lengthy NTSB study. :confused:
By: The Blue Max - 13th April 2012 at 19:29
I had heard a report of a possible control lock being left inplace:(
By: Newforest - 13th April 2012 at 13:13
Preliminary report absolves any engine problems and suggests a control error.
http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/al-ain-plane-crash-not-caused-by-engine-fault
By: Newforest - 17th April 2011 at 14:00
Photos and initial accident report issued. No conclusions yet reached on the cause.
http://avstop.com/April_2011/uae_releases_preliminary_report_on_a_us_registered_g21_plane_crash.htm
By: Newforest - 27th March 2011 at 11:37
Investigators have discovered as revealed in their preliminary report, that the aircraft had no ‘black box’! 😮 I think I could have told them that without looking further.
http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/al-ain-air-crash-investigation-thwarted
By: Pillan56 - 1st March 2011 at 00:47
Sad, that plane was based in Chile in the early 1990’s registered CC-CTG and named ‘Gran Ganso’ http://modocharlie.com/2010/07/un-ex-chileno-en-farnborough-2010/#comment-15340 🙁
By: Melvyn Hiscock - 28th February 2011 at 14:29
The chief pilot and crew chief were friends of mine and I was out with them in London on Tuesday evening. It is a very sad loss as the Chief pilot was one fo the most experienced seaplane pilots around and a great guy. I only met the flight engineer on Tuesday yet we shared the same taste in sick jokes and we oggled the same women. He was 25 on the day of the crash. Not the best birthday.
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February 27, 2011 at 7:17 pm