THA Twin Otter jump plane forced landing

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Looks like 20 on board and 4 injuries? 2 critical, 2 non-critical. Last pings were 3000-3800fpm descent from jump altitude
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ktup-flyer said:
Looks like 20 on board and 4 injuries? 2 critical, 2 non-critical. Last pings were 3000-3800fpm descent from jump altitude
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That sure looks like there'd be more than 4 injuries. Did the non-injured jump out?

When I flew jumpers (182), the rule was the pilot got to decide if people bailed in an emergency. Reality is, if things happened above a couple thousand feet, the jumpers would be jumping regardless of what the pilot thought, they weren't exactly rule followers.
 
jesse said:
That sure looks like there'd be more than 4 injuries. Did the non-injured jump out?

When I flew jumpers (182), the rule was the pilot got to decide if people bailed in an emergency. Reality is, if things happened above a couple thousand feet, the jumpers would be jumping regardless of what the pilot thought, they weren't exactly rule followers.
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I have a friend that used to fly jumpers. He told me a story about flying a load of jumpers in an old 182. At some point during the climb the engine stumbled for some unknown reason. It kept running, but he turned around and realized he was alone in the airplane.

Most jumpers seem to be more scared of the ride up than the return.
 
Here’s a pic landing at the THA airport a few years ago. I was a passenger. Numerous jumpers can be seen in the sky above the airport. We were in radio contact with the jump plane during approach and landing. They seem to run a very organized operation. It appears that the crash might have occurred in the grassy area to the south.
 

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Jdm said:
Here’s a pic landing at the THA airport a few years ago. I was a passenger. Numerous jumpers can be seen in the sky above the airport. We were in radio contact with the jump plane during approach and landing. They seem to run a very organized operation. It appears that the crash might have occurred in the grassy area to the south.
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The Beech Museum is the brown building to the right in the pics. They said 20 went up in it. Apparently 6 injured now
 
This one belongs in the funny aviation stories thread

midwestpa24 said:
I have a friend that used to fly jumpers. He told me a story about flying a load of jumpers in an old 182. At some point during the climb the engine stumbled for some unknown reason. It kept running, but he turned around and realized he was alone in the airplane.

Most jumpers seem to be more scared of the ride up than the return.
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Lindberg said:
With critical injuries? I thought the definition was a landing you can walk away from?
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Well, the report said 20 people on board, with 2-3 critical injuries. They didn't specify if the pilot was one of those. Based on the preponderance of most people walking away from it, I'm going stick by my call of "good landing", especially considering what it could have looked like!
 
Yeah. "We got the patient out of the recovery room and he's stable in the ICU". Good landing.

No Fire, broached wing. I gotta say common things are common, & it's it's embarassing if it's lack of fuel.
 
The skydivers were still onboard when it crashed. According to news reports this occurred after takeoff.
 
Of all the flying I’ve done, this would be the easiest I think to simply forget to fuel up. I’d refuel the plane, similar to a caravan, 5 or 6 times a day. Only carried enough fuel for 3 runs.

Break in weather, folks wanting to hurry… but hey, just lowly jumper flying.

Some of the more tactical flying I’ve ever done. This from a fleet day/night/all weather qualified carrier guy.
 
Reports on FB were engine failure taking off on 24, didn’t have enough power to make it back to 36. Would be interested in w&b data- was hit and humid here that day. Pilot may have said something along the lines of “these engines are in bad need of overhaul” earlier that morning. (Hearsay, I wasn’t there)
 
bbchien said:
Yeah. "We got the patient out of the recovery room and he's stable in the ICU". Good landing.

No Fire, broached wing. I gotta say common things are common, & it's it's embarassing if it's lack of fuel.
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I believe the fuel tanks are in the fuselage on a twin otter. Never flew one though so I could be wrong.
 
Mikey52 said:
I believe the fuel tanks are in the fuselage on a twin otter. Never flew one though so I could be wrong.
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I did talk to a couple of pilots who were fueling one at AWG once, and they were standing at ground level pumping into the fuselage... Not sure if there was a pump to send it up to the wings at all, but it wasn't single point.
 
flyingcheesehead said:
I did talk to a couple of pilots who were fueling one at AWG once, and they were standing at ground level pumping into the fuselage... Not sure if there was a pump to send it up to the wings at all, but it wasn't single point.
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Expand the picture and you can see the belly tanks Hope the link works.
 
Mikey52 said:
I believe the fuel tanks are in the fuselage on a twin otter. Never flew one though so I could be wrong.
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Standard fuel is all under the cabin floor. But there are optional wing tip tanks but its my understanding few have them.
 
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