Turbo Otter down in Alaska.
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Re: Turbo Otter down in Alaska.
Turbine single Otter. Loaded with 10 passengers. Anybody notice the neighbourhood comments about a call for flashlights? Accident at 6:30, Civil twilight is 7:07, Sunrise at 7:49. Might have been kinda dark for a water takeoff. Maybe some floaters can give their SOP standard for early flight - though I doubt it would be nautical twilight.
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Siddley Hawker
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Re: Turbo Otter down in Alaska.
I've NEVER heard of IR gear used for night float ops... That'd be... interesting.
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Re: Turbo Otter down in Alaska.
Hmm....
Clint Johnson, the NTSB’s chief Alaska investigator, had a brief answer when asked whether it was usual for an aircraft the size of an Otter to hit the water again on takeoff from a lake.
“No, not at all,” Johnson said.
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Amazing what acceleration does to the inner ear, huh?
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Re: Turbo Otter down in Alaska.
From the article:
An hour before morning twilight, just crazy IMHO
LF
How would you do a strip inspection if you can't see the water? Are logs warm blooded? Radar? LIDAR?"There is no regulation that prohibits departures before civil twilight -- just the nighttime currency rules (three takeoffs and landings [within] the last 90 days) and the aircraft needs to be nighttime-equipped," Kenitzer wrote.
An hour before morning twilight, just crazy IMHO
LF
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Re: Turbo Otter down in Alaska.
What the hell? What a terrible idea, obviously, but it's just how they do things in Alaska I guess.
