A well maintained, healthy 985 can be quickly destroyed by overboosting. Asking the engine for all it can give by running it at maximum available manifold pressure(wide open throttle) can result in blown cylinders. Coming to a conclusion that someone is remiss in their responsibilities when an airc...

Anyone work for a 703 that does their own flight following without a radio in the dispatch office?

Hi Bullet, My husband was on the Beaver that crashed out of Campbell River Feb. 28th last year. It is believed that there was a catastrophic engine failure (possibly broken stud on #1 or #2 cylinder) ... as the pilot brought the plane down it bounced off one of the floats, flipped and then sank imme...

Anyone know if there are any guidelines to determining continued airworthiness for floats on a small seaplane?

safetywatch wrote:Global TV reporting a Cessna is down near Port Alberni about an hour ago. Looking for emergency tracking beacon

And those ELT's are so reliable .... I'm sure we're all hoping for a happy outcome.

CID wrote:

Are the police responsible for ensuring you don't speed?

No, but if I kill someone as a result, they are resposible for penalizing me.

Speaking of finding fault with TC, I hope to wring their necks a little myself. Is TC responsible for ensuring a commercial op complies with it's Ops Manual? 1. "Each aircraft shall be equipped with serviceable and functioning communications equipment that permits the Pilot-in-command to communicate...

I've done lots of googling ... My husband's air taxi crashed five minutes after take-off. There were no MAYDAY's, no ELT signal, flight-following was non-existant, SARs was not notified until four hours later ... "floatplane" sank immediately, no life jackets removed, my husband was wearing a floate...

Can anyone point me in the right direction? I want to find information on planes that have crashed/gone missing without an emergency contact being made prior to the incident. Your help greatly appreciated.