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Plane Emergency
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 6:25 pm
by Turbo
A light aircraft attempting to land at Jandakot Airport can not get his landing gear down. Has about 15 minutes of fuel left and 3 people on board. Its probably too late but does anyone know an emergency frequency for Jandakot? Will let you know what happens.
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 6:38 pm
by Bonez
Sorry can't help with the freq off the top of my head. Anyone know what happened?
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 7:33 pm
by Turbo
Yeah landed fine. My boss wants me to pass on a HUGE thanks to Joss for all the calls. Really appreciate it mate!
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:56 am
by gkoutlis
Does anyone have the plane's rego or which company it belongs too?
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:07 am
by dazla
Good flying MR G, see all the drama you cause.......
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:09 am
by gkoutlis
dazla wrote:Good flying MR G, see all the drama you cause.......
Eaze up Tiger
I am in Kalgoorlie - so I ain't causing no dramas mate
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:24 am
by dazla
Ah yea......you told me that too, sorry bud
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:08 am
by gkoutlis
There is a friend of mine who is a controller at Jandakot and this is what he had to say;
ZLE, C550, returned from Albany with a gear indication problem. He had to burn off fuel prior to landing because he had planned airwork at Albany which he hadn't commenced. He made some flypasts at Jandakot so the engineers could check that the gear was down. He landed safely.
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 6:56 pm
by Turbo
Only on the news - landed fine.
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:31 pm
by pinkbosseslady
Was talking about this at the meetup this evening,
was mentioned that the plane could not turn its throttle off or similar so it couldn't slow down
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:11 am
by gkoutlis
pinkbosseslady wrote:Was talking about this at the meetup this evening,
was mentioned that the plane could not turn its throttle off or similar so it couldn't slow down
Confirmed mate - yeah guy couldn't "close" the throttle, aparantly it got jammed - so he ended up orbiting Jandakot for what was reported to be 20 minutes, while a crap load of FESA trucks and SJA where on standby on the side of Runway 24R.
So great result by the pilot...
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 10:38 am
by dazla
Mr G,
I also noticed that it was the new Cirus that Royal Aero Club are trying to get people to fly. I think allot of people will put in on the back burner now.
DAz
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 10:39 am
by gkoutlis
dazla wrote:Mr G,
I also noticed that it was the new Cirus that Royal Aero Club are trying to get people to fly. I think allot of people will put in on the back burner now.
DAz
Yeah my thoughts exactly
