TWIN OTTER ditches into pacific Ocean! (FUEL STARVATION)
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- Опубликовано: 8 апр 2024
- 21 May 2023
After takeoff and following approximately two hours of flight southwest toward Hawaii, the aircraft reversed its course around 10:40 a.m., as per Flightradar tracking data. The pilots reported to Air Traffic Control a malfunction with the fuel transfer system, leading to an inability to use the additional fuel that was on board. In response, the pilots changed course and flew back towards Half Moon Bay, California, a decision likely influenced by the lack of fuel supply due to the inability to transfer available fuel between tanks.
At 1:30 p.m., the U.S. Coast Guard received a distress call from the pilots. They reported their location at approximately 70 nautical miles west of Pacifica, California, and estimated that their remaining fuel would last no more than 15 minutes. The pilots informed the Coast Guard of their intent to ditch the aircraft into the ocean, and they also mentioned the presence of a yellow life raft onboard.
The Coast Guard responded by deploying an aerial search crew, which located the aircraft around 2:30 p.m., approximately 40 nautical miles southwest of San Francisco. The aircraft was observed to be upside down in the water, with no immediate sighting of the life raft. A rescue swimmer was able to observe and confirm that the two pilots were still strapped in the plane and unresponsive. The pilots were later pronounced dead at the scene, as reported by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
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So close. This shouldn't have happened. RIP to those pilots.
Oh thats a damn shame.. RIP...:(
The initial thumbnail that popped up showed this aircraft with floats. Is that how the AC was fitted at the time of the ditching?
Good question - Was pacific ocean ruff conditions ? O dear …. Fuel starvation ?
What ? What happened to them ? 😮
Looks the registration of the picture is the same as the one they use in the video, so it should be the same. I don’t think they can replace the floats with just tires
Great question
We don’t know actually as we didn’t find that information in open source
@@Flight_Follower The NTSB Preliminary Report has a photo of the aircraft after it crashed. It shows it had wheels and not floats.
@@geardownaviation - They do in the North. There are sets of floats sitting around like boats at a marina in the winter. There are also skis that go on the bottom of the tires for frozen lakes.
I can’t find any Santa Rosa County airport, there is a Charles M. Shultz airport in Sonoma, are you sure about that departure? That picture at 11:12 shows a normal landing gear, not floats on the accident plane. Fuel line malfunction is likely at 11:20, really bad luck or…that was a long haul flight over water, fuel flow is vital.🤔
Santa rosa is actually the location name..
@@Flight_Follower Audio stolen from @avocadoflight you should give proper credit. He recorded that on his own scanners/radios, especially the added marine channel CG radio.
@@craftykoala Definitely been happening a lot lately.
You are right
But the audio was actually from liveatc except from the marine channel part
I will mention him in the description
Thanks
DONE
Very sad, flying over oceans carries more risks 😞
Not that it may matter to many of your viewers but your thumb is displaying a Piaggio P.166 turboprop, not a Twin Otter.
Uhh yeah we are aware of that.. but we didn’t find a image that depicts the situation any better than this one
Sorry about that
Ha! Nerd
@@DCTexas22 Nerd? Never! AVGEEK. Get it right, sheesh.
@@aircraftadventures-vids lol, fair enough…..I‘m a TRACON controller….im just as much of an AVGEEK my dude! 😂 Just bustin yer balls :)
@@Flight_Follower no complaints! In fact the Piaggio is one of my favorite planes 👍
will this be called fuel exhaustion or fuel starvation? seems to me starvation
You are right let me correct the title
Thanks a lot
That is Larry Page’s airplane en route to Fuji. Poor pilots😬🤷♂️
Indeed 😟
I think it was actually owned by Sergey Brin, another google co founder, who is accused of trying to prevent the recovery of the aircraft and the two pilots because of an illegally fitted aux fuel tank.
@@elloyougunt you are right: it’s Sergey Brin’s plane and one of the deceased pilots wife is filling a lawsuit against him. This plane took off almost the same time I left STS on my solo. By the time I got back my home airport and saw the news, just sad🥲
What was his destination? Didn’t have enough sense to make sure they had enough fuel!
They were proceeding to Hawaii (Honolulu) The pilot and co-pilot reported they knew they were not going to make it to shore due to a fuel line malfunction
You ever heard of a fuel leak? Failed fuel pump? Guage malfunctions? Christ.
Ferry tanks, most likely leaking or malfunctioned. I'm sure the crew was more than aware that they needed. A LOT of gas to fly a twin engine floatplane 2500 miles to Hawaii.
They would have took off using fuel from the standard wing tanks. Somewhere along the way they would have started the checklist to switch to the ferry tank temporarily installed in the passenger/cargo area. For some reason the switchover failed and they tried to return. Unfortunately they used more than 50% of wing tank fuel before turning back. Landing anything in open ocean is really hard. RIP pilots.
Don’t comment on things you know nothing about. Have a little respect.
they ran out of fuel right after take off