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Tucano crash landing this morning , 8th Jan 2013

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Tucano crash landing this morning , 8th Jan 2013

Post by David Thompson » Tue Jan 08, 2013 11:34 am

Reported as possible u/c collapse on Linton Yahoo group and crew reported safe . Aircraft is in the O3 undershoot with emergency services still on scene .
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Re: Tucano crash landing this morning , 8th

Post by JP17 » Tue Jan 08, 2013 12:06 pm

ZF349 is the aircraft involved.
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Re: Tucano crash landing this morning , 8th

Post by David Thompson » Tue Jan 08, 2013 12:24 pm

For anyone thinking of going down , the 03 end is close to the enthusiasts area just outside of Linton village .
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Re: Tucano crash landing this morning , 8th

Post by Flyingmonster » Tue Jan 08, 2013 1:34 pm

Good to hear the crew are safe!
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Re: Tucano crash landing this morning , 8th

Post by JP17 » Tue Jan 08, 2013 2:11 pm

Hi,

It was apparently engine failure resulting in a wheels up landing, which looks about right judging by the skid marks on the grass.

The crew did a good job in landing it and walked away unhurt. :)

I managed some pics which I'll post later before the MOD police turned up.

The viewing area is now closed and there are guards on the fences near the crash site.
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Re: Tucano crash landing this morning , 8th

Post by flyingslug_0 » Wed Jan 09, 2013 12:26 am

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Re: Tucano crash landing this morning , 8th

Post by stevep22 » Wed Jan 09, 2013 1:30 pm

Andy,

Just seen a report of the incident on the York Press website. Did they use your photo? There's one on there that looks like it.

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Re: Tucano crash landing this morning , 8th

Post by David Thompson » Wed Jan 09, 2013 1:57 pm

Link to York Press website here ;
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/1014928 ... _RAF_base/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It looks to be a slightly different angle from Andy's shot judging by the background ?
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Re: Tucano crash landing this morning , 8th

Post by stevep22 » Wed Jan 09, 2013 2:28 pm

Could well be David. If photographers are restricted to one particular area to get their shots from I expect they're all going to end up fairly similar.

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Re: Tucano crash landing this morning , 8th

Post by JP17 » Wed Jan 09, 2013 6:13 pm

stevep22 wrote:Andy,

Just seen a report of the incident on the York Press website. Did they use your photo? There's one on there that looks like it.

Steve
Hi,

Not one of mine as I've had a quick look, could be an official one as there was someone taking photos on base.
Andy

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Re: Tucano crash landing this morning , 8th

Post by gingerterry » Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:18 pm

Hi Andy, why do you think it was an engine failure? judging by the damage to the tips it would appear that it was turning when it hit, but if there was any kind of engine failure they would have feathered the prop which would not have given the resultant damage. Also mate, you know as well as i do that they would have used the emergency accumulator to blow the legs down. lord knows weve both rigged enough tuc undercarriages to know how they work. my bet is on one of the hydraulic UC rams shearing so they only got two greens indicated, then retracted the other two to land on its belly. what do you think mate?.

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Re: Tucano crash landing this morning , 8th

Post by David Thompson » Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:48 pm

I was told today that it was an engine failure on take off and the pilot put it down before the u/c had time to lock down again .
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Considering the circumstances I think she did well to get it down within the airfield boundary and in one piece .
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Re: Tucano crash landing this morning , 8th

Post by JP17 » Thu Jan 10, 2013 6:51 pm

gingerterry wrote:Hi Andy, why do you think it was an engine failure? judging by the damage to the tips it would appear that it was turning when it hit, but if there was any kind of engine failure they would have feathered the prop which would not have given the resultant damage. Also mate, you know as well as i do that they would have used the emergency accumulator to blow the legs down. lord knows weve both rigged enough tuc undercarriages to know how they work. my bet is on one of the hydraulic UC rams shearing so they only got two greens indicated, then retracted the other two to land on its belly. what do you think mate?.

Terry

Now then,

I was just going on what was seen and heard.

The aircraft took off, lost power and they managed to get it back on the airfield, 'landing' before the intersection and skidding all the way to where to photos show it. Maybe feathering the prop would have made it worse and I'm not sure on why they didn't try the u/c, maybe time and altitude was against them.

I got there just after it happen so didn't see it, but I did hear It!

Remember the incident with 293, or had you moved on to Vickers or Fenton? They landed that on two wheels with us all stood there watching after burning off fuel, so I think this crew may have tried the same thing.

Anyway, all's well that ends well and the crew did a great job of getting it down especially as the circuit took them over trees of the old dump.

Cheers
Andy

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Re: Tucano crash landing this morning , 8th

Post by gingerterry » Thu Jan 10, 2013 7:22 pm

Hi mate. Hadn't read anything about it happening on take off.that would explain everything. I had moved on by the time of 293 but the one that did an emergency landing at Ruffirth was my shout. Got some picks somewhere I will put on.do you remember the harrier going into thr soft stuff during op yorkie while we were there?

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Re: Tucano crash landing this morning , 8th

Post by smiler16 » Fri Jan 11, 2013 9:19 pm

the aircraft was removed this morning by the recovery team. took near side of 2 days to move her. she now resides in hangar 1 with all the other relics and broken tin cans lol.
was intresting watching it the whole thing from start to finish. hopefully be back open by monday
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Re: Tucano crash landing this morning , 8th

Post by Vulcan7 » Tue Feb 05, 2013 6:23 pm

She was on an air test apparently, the EEC being selected to manual as part of it at around 1500ft, as soon as it was selected to manual the engine flamed out. Unsure as to why the prop wasn't feathered or as to why the gear wasn't lowered.

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Re: Tucano crash landing this morning , 8th

Post by tm74sqn » Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:56 pm

It seems that Tucanos were grounded after this incident. I've seen no reports of the type flying this month, so are they still grounded?
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Re: Tucano crash landing this morning , 8th

Post by ARFA » Wed Feb 20, 2013 10:18 pm

I live close to Linton and there's been nothing over for ages.

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Re: Tucano crash landing this morning , 8th

Post by JP17 » Wed Feb 20, 2013 10:25 pm

Hi,

They are grounded until the cause is found and rectified.
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Re: Tucano crash landing this morning , 8th

Post by David Thompson » Wed Feb 20, 2013 10:35 pm

Still no known reason for the engine failure . Talks are on-going with Garrett and visits have been made to their factory in the 'States .
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