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Post by atea on Mar 1, 2019 10:12:16 GMT 12
Looks like one of Auckland Seaplanes Beavers.... Hopefully everyone is ok.
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Post by flyinkiwi on Mar 1, 2019 10:23:28 GMT 12
The photo on Twitter looks pretty grim. I hope they all got out.
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Post by ErrolC on Mar 1, 2019 10:36:54 GMT 12
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Post by Brett on Mar 1, 2019 10:37:46 GMT 12
Looks like ZK-WKA.
The pilot was the only one on board and exited safely.
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Post by harrysone on Mar 1, 2019 10:55:47 GMT 12
It hasn't sunk as the media would suggest but its inverted and supported by its floats. Rather embarrassingly the aircraft seems to have landed with the wheels still down! I wonder if it was on a ferry flight from Ardmore ? That would explain the reason for the pilot being single occupant as well.
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Post by markrogers on Mar 1, 2019 11:28:51 GMT 12
It looks like the pilot may have inadvertently landed on the water with the wheels down. This is what happens if you land on water with the wheels down.
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Post by ErrolC on Mar 1, 2019 11:47:12 GMT 12
It looks like the pilot may have inadvertently landed on the water with the wheels down. This is what happens if you land on water with the wheels down. Accident report for a Beaver that water-landed with wheels down. aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=19542 |
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Post by turboNZ on Mar 1, 2019 11:56:29 GMT 12
It looks like the pilot may have inadvertently landed on the water with the wheels down. This is what happens if you land on water with the wheels down. Accident report for a Beaver that water-landed with wheels down. aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=19542And there is this... |
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Post by thomarse on Mar 1, 2019 12:20:15 GMT 12
Eyewitness reports range from the aircraft just having taken off and climbed to about 50 feet when it nosedived, to the aircraft landing when it pitched forward and overturned.
I favour the latter
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Mar 1, 2019 19:18:20 GMT 12
Would appear reasonably obvious 'what' has happened but the 'why' part is still relevant for investigation. Glad nobody seriously hurt and I hope the pilot gets back on the horse quickly, that would be a terrible feeling to have such a public incident.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Mar 1, 2019 22:06:08 GMT 12
It looks like the pilot may have inadvertently landed on the water with the wheels down. This is what happens if you land on water with the wheels down. Seaplane don't 'land' on water, they alight. However, it appears that in this particular case a 'landing' was attempted. ZK-WKA in happier times, Thames 27Jan2018.  |
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Post by jjt on Mar 2, 2019 12:30:43 GMT 12
Any updates on this.....has the airframe been righted / recovered yet?
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Post by Peter Lewis on Mar 2, 2019 18:59:13 GMT 12
Presumably it would have been removed fairly rapidly, as it presented a hazard to maritime activity.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 2, 2019 19:15:01 GMT 12
I saw on Facebook that it was dragged to the shore and was being recovered.
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Post by haughtney1 on Mar 3, 2019 5:06:29 GMT 12
Beavers are tough old birds, I’m sure it will be back flying in due course. Most importantly however...the sole occupant was ok.
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Post by isc on Mar 3, 2019 21:30:57 GMT 12
Just a question about anfib Beavers, is there an in cock pit undercarriage indicator?isc
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Mar 4, 2019 12:06:54 GMT 12
Yes, it has the standard green/blue seaplane lights.
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Post by ErrolC on Mar 4, 2019 12:34:36 GMT 12
Some also have an audio system (see accident report above), don't know if WKA does.
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Post by isc on Mar 4, 2019 13:41:17 GMT 12
Thanks Leo & Errol, thought there must be, I remember coming into Chch in a Moony from Dunedin about 1967(as passenger), and getting a red light from the tower, and a suggestion that it might be a good idea to put the cart down before we got any nearer to landing! isc
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Post by harrysone on Mar 4, 2019 14:20:34 GMT 12
I have flown in WKA a few times, I can't recall whether it has an audio system (with voice), other amphibians I have flown in do have a system. Flying Pacific Coastal in a G-21A Goose out of Port Hardy, BC several years ago, they made radio calls to all traffic when landing and positively declare "water landing, Gear up" or "wheeled landing, Gear Down"
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