We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
At a height of about 200 feet after take-off the right engine lost power. The pilot feathered the propeller and commenced a gentle left turn in order to return to the strip. He later advised that the aircraft began to sink towards some large trees and he was forced to increase the angle of bank in an effort to avoid them. Shortly afterwards the aircraft struck the ground heavily in an adjacent paddock about 1 kilometre from the strip. Probable cause (official findings): The engine failure was c
Britten-Norman Islander