An interesting place and one to return too
Very busy then and great airport
I had to do a VOR approach with a hold on the VOR...a long time without doing this, but all in clear skies and airliners above us
On the apron we found an old De Havilland Heron airplane, that had seen better days, 4 engines. If airplane could talk there are a lot of stories to listen to:
Very busy then and great airport
I had to do a VOR approach with a hold on the VOR...a long time without doing this, but all in clear skies and airliners above us
On the apron we found an old De Havilland Heron airplane, that had seen better days, 4 engines. If airplane could talk there are a lot of stories to listen to:
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | Saturday 1 November 2014 |
| Type: | de Havilland DH-114 Heron |
| Operator: | private |
| Registration: | N82D |
| C/n / msn: | 14130 |
| First flight: | 1958 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Santa Cruz-Viru Viru International Airport (VVI) ( Bolivia) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Cochabamba-J Wilsterman Airport (CBB/SLCB), Bolivia |
Narrative:
A de Havilland DH-114 Heron four engined aircraft made an emergency landing at Santa Cruz-Viru Viru International Airport (VVI) in Bolivia following the in flight separation of the no. 3 prop. The prop struck engine no. 4, causing substantial damage to that engine.
The airplane reportedly operated on a ferry flight to a new owner. It had received maintenance at Opa Locka, Florida before it departed from Miami, Florida on October 21 to Providenciales International Airport, Turks and Caicos Islands.
Hello and good afternoon.
ReplyDeleteI was just looking around the internet and I came across your site. Look's like you had a great time. But the main reason why I'm typing any of this is to give you a bit of information regarding N82D.
For a year or two back in the late 90's early 00's N82D was based at Ann Arbor airport (KARB). I don't know who owned her at that time but they kept her on a shoe string budget. But overall she looked good and has a ton of history as being one of the planes that flew the Queen of England around. Also I remember that she moved on to the West Coast of the USA and lived out near the Pacific Northwest. N82D came up for sale a few years ago and was being asked too much money. Then she disappeared from trade-a-plane and then one day she popped up in South Florida. Just as fast as she popped up N82D was gone only to pop up in the NTSB crash site. I always wondered what kind of damage she could have received from a propeller flying off and hitting another engine. So thank you for the pictures that you took. I hope one day someone will save her as she is very rare bird especially with the Gipsy major engines. (250 HP per engine)
Thank you and happy flying!
Thank you Klaus
DeleteIndeed a lot of history.
Love to get more details on who is the owner, She does look in pretty good shape and for what I have heard she should be ready to fly
We have a good contact with the handler let me try to get more information on what is happening now and I will get back to you
Thierry
Thierry@AirJourney.com
Thank you for responding (so many years late on my part!)
ReplyDeleteI hope that this old girl can fly again (Is she flying again?). Would love to hear a happy ending to her saga. Plus seeing her taking off/landing from a 3500ft runway (KARB airport) was always an adventure.
All the best!
Klaus