Caravan Trys to Eat Otter Tail on Saltspring
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Caravan Trys to Eat Otter Tail on Saltspring
I bet the sound was even worse than the visuals.
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Re: Caravan Trys to Eat Otter Tail on Saltspring
Geez - Again????
They just got the last one back on line.....
They just got the last one back on line.....
Re: Caravan Trys to Eat Otter Tail on Saltspring
That's the sound of about a million dollars in damage and someone with some 'splainin to do!geodoc wrote: ↑Sat Jul 17, 2021 2:23 pm I bet the sound was even worse than the visuals.
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Re: Caravan Trys to Eat Otter Tail on Saltspring
Note to any dock guys out there if it’s going to hit and you can hold it back GTFO of there. That guy is lucky he never got severely injured by shrapnel from the prop or the tail. You can always fix a plane but a chunk of aluminum into the upper torso will end your life
Re: Caravan Trys to Eat Otter Tail on Saltspring
I'm thinking that the understanding and use of blade latches was a factor, at the point of deciding to select out of feather following the start.
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Re: Caravan Trys to Eat Otter Tail on Saltspring
I thought the PT-6 was fitted with blade latches when on floats for the very reason to avoid the unwanted thrust when going from feather to fine/reverse. Makes me think the prop wasn't shut down properly. Maybe time will tell.
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Re: Caravan Trys to Eat Otter Tail on Saltspring
Hard to tell but looks like he may not have been on the pitch locks and fired up. Too bad
Re: Caravan Trys to Eat Otter Tail on Saltspring
Looks like there was a second but much gentler collision after the Caravan's tail swung out.
Re: Caravan Trys to Eat Otter Tail on Saltspring
Yeah saw that too, meanwhile as both guys are running in holy F#$% mode it appears the engine was still running and began spooling back up while both heads were down at the front of the float. Luckily the prop gets hooked on the otter tail again before getting up to speed and you can see the pilot run back in to grab the condition lever (I assume) when he realizes how close they both came to getting a haircut....horror show would be an understatement.
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Re: Caravan Trys to Eat Otter Tail on Saltspring
Look at the lack of training for both the pilot and dock hand. Seair continues to become the new West Coast Air.
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Re: Caravan Trys to Eat Otter Tail on Saltspring
Lucky no one lost an arm or worse.
Re: Caravan Trys to Eat Otter Tail on Saltspring
Sad to see a couple of nice aircraft damaged.
Good no one was hurt.
Life will go on.
Good no one was hurt.
Life will go on.
Accident speculation:
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Re: Caravan Trys to Eat Otter Tail on Saltspring
if it did not have prop latches why unite it from the dock till it is running and the prop is under control?
Re: Caravan Trys to Eat Otter Tail on Saltspring
All that needs be said.
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Re: Caravan Trys to Eat Otter Tail on Saltspring
Just another accident from just another shady west coast operator.
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Re: Caravan Trys to Eat Otter Tail on Saltspring
? with this recent incident n the otter flip over on a lake near ft smith how many dhc3 are left . there was one lost in manitoba in 2019. Alaska lost a couple in 2019. if my memory is accurate there were 416 built
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Re: Caravan Trys to Eat Otter Tail on Saltspring
466 were built. Standby for the number still active.
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Re: Caravan Trys to Eat Otter Tail on Saltspring
Go to DHC-3archive.com. There is a chart showing the status of each Otter built. There are approximately 170 still active. The chart also shows aircraft in museums or under rebuild.
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