ATSB Report On Cessna 206 Via ABC

[jackc]

[/url]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-16/parachutists-jump-early-from-plane-after-engine-stops-mid-air/11214426

 

 

[kgwilson]

Yes there is no excuse for such poor fuel management. Meat bombers are renowned for running on empty though as they maximise their cargo with just enough fuel for the trip. Years ago when they used to fly out of YSGR they used an old clapped out C182 and twice ran out of fuel, once failing to make it back to the strip. The pilot eventually lost his licence.

 

 

[cooperplace]

And the C182 that ran out of fuel over Victoria Park racecourse in Adelaide in 2015, landed on the racecourse, no serious injuries. I live close by and checked out the scene. They came within inches of hitting pretty nasty obstacles on the way in. Pilot used the wrong dipstick (!!) and had only half the fuel he thought he had. At the time the press of course gave him the hero pilot label. I suspect some of the meatbomber crowd don't take aviation safety as seriously as they should.