Blueadventures Posted November 18 Posted November 18 Reported near Rockhampton Airport a Sonex 19-xxxx is down in a paddock a few nautical miles from Rockhampton Airport. Report over VHF radio is it ran out of fuel. Pilot is reported to have survived and is walking and talking to those on site. Other details very limited. 4 1 3 1
jackc Posted November 18 Posted November 18 3 hours ago, Blueadventures said: Reported near Rockhampton Airport a Sonex 19-xxxx is down in a paddock a few nautical miles from Rockhampton Airport. Report over VHF radio is it ran out of fuel. Pilot is reported to have survived and is walking and talking to those on site. Other details very limited. Hope it’s not the one from Longreach? 1
BurnieM Posted November 18 Posted November 18 (edited) https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/562009 Edited November 18 by BurnieM 2
Blueadventures Posted November 18 Author Posted November 18 May not be too damaged. Image from CQ Rescue post. 3 2
ClintonB Posted November 18 Posted November 18 Couldn’t ask for a flatter site to have an event. walking away is always a good outcome. 6
Moneybox Posted November 19 Posted November 19 13 hours ago, BrendAn said: Spare parts for Skippy😁 Perhaps he'd like to borrow a metal detector... 1 2
KRviator Posted November 19 Posted November 19 15 hours ago, ClintonB said: Couldn’t ask for a flatter site to have an event. walking away is always a good outcome. I was about to say you couldn't ask for a better paint job for the helicopter to find you! Shame about the nosegear, might have been able to top up and fly it out if it hadn't found that rabbit hole or whatever it was. 6 1
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