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8 missing in small plane crash off North Carolina coast
abc ^ | February 14, 2022,

Posted on 02/14/2022 12:46:22 PM PST by BenLurkin

Crews are searching the ocean off North Carolina on Monday after finding a debris field where a small plane carrying eight people went down a day earlier, the Coast Guard said.

Watchstanders received a report of a possible downed aircraft about 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) east of Drum Inlet from a Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point air traffic controller Sunday, the Coast Guard said. The air traffic controller reported that the aircraft was behaving erratically on radar, then disappeared from the screen.

The single-engine Pilatus PC-12/47 crashed into the water approximately 18 miles (29 kilometers) northeast of Michael J. Smith Field in Beaufort, North Carolina, about 2 p.m. local time Sunday, according to an email from the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday. A preliminary accident notification on the FAA’s website noted that the aircraft “crashed into water under unknown circumstances.”

FlightAware listed a departure for that plane from Hyde County Airport at 1:35 p.m. Sunday and noted it was last seen near Beaufort at 2:01 p.m

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: aviation; crash; northcarolina; plane; smallplane
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1 posted on 02/14/2022 12:46:22 PM PST by BenLurkin
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Pilatus PC-12 (Not the aircraft involved in this incident)


2 posted on 02/14/2022 12:47:44 PM PST by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: BenLurkin

Aren’t Beaufort and Cherry Point in South Carolina?


3 posted on 02/14/2022 12:48:35 PM PST by Tudorfly (All things are possible within the will of God.)
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To: Tudorfly

There’s also a Beaufort NC.


4 posted on 02/14/2022 12:49:50 PM PST by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: Tudorfly

Beaufort NC is near Morehead City and Emerald Isle. Beautiful area


5 posted on 02/14/2022 12:50:59 PM PST by albie
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To: Tudorfly

Beaufort, NC, (pronounced bo-fert) is in NC and near one of my most favorite places on Earth - Bogue Sound and Emerald Isle.

Beaufort, SC, (pronounced bew-fert) is in, well, SC.

Cherry Point, NC, is the home of Marine Corp Naval Air Station.


6 posted on 02/14/2022 12:51:02 PM PST by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: al_c

Sharkfood.


7 posted on 02/14/2022 12:51:16 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Tudorfly

https://www.cherrypoint.marines.mil/

https://beaufortnc.com/


8 posted on 02/14/2022 12:51:56 PM PST by HippyLoggerBiker (Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake. )
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To: nesnah

So NC pronounces it correctly? ;-)


9 posted on 02/14/2022 12:52:05 PM PST by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: al_c

You may know that Edward Teach considered Beaufort, NC, his home port.


10 posted on 02/14/2022 12:53:28 PM PST by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: BenLurkin

Gotta watch C.G. and fuel burn pull from which tanks or you go out of the envelope with 8 on board. That’s my bet on this one.


11 posted on 02/14/2022 12:54:59 PM PST by blackdog (# We Are Corn-Pop, turn off the news.)
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To: BenLurkin

PC-12/47
Certified in 2005, has a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67B engine, maximum takeoff weight increased to 4,740 kg (10,450 lb).


12 posted on 02/14/2022 12:55:46 PM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: HippyLoggerBiker

Thanks. Learn something new (to me) every day.


13 posted on 02/14/2022 12:56:25 PM PST by Tudorfly (All things are possible within the will of God.)
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To: BenLurkin

General characteristics

Crew: 1 or 2
Capacity: 6 to 9 passengers seats
Length: 14.4 m (47 ft 3 in)
Wingspan: 16.28 m (53 ft 5 in)
Height: 4.26 m (14 ft 0 in)
Wing area: 25.81 m2 (277.8 sq ft)
Airfoil: root: NACA LS(1)-0417MOD; tip: NACA LS(1)-0313[47]
Empty weight: 2,810 kg (6,195 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 4,740 kg (10,450 lb)
Maximum landing weight: 4,500 kg (9,921 lb)
Maximum zero fuel weight: 4,100 kg (9,039 lb)
Fuel capacity: 1,226 kg (2,703 lb) / 1,521 l (402 US gal; 335 imp gal)
Cabin: 5.16 metres (16.9 ft) long, 1.47 metres (4.8 ft) high, up to 1.52 metres (5.0 ft) wide
Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67P turboprop engine, 890 kW (1,200 shp)
Propellers: 5-bladed Hartzell Propeller composite, 2.67 m (8 ft 9 in) diameter composite constant-speed fully-feathering reversible propeller
Performance

Cruise speed: 528 km/h (328 mph, 285 kn)
Stall speed: 124 km/h (77 mph, 67 kn)
Range: 3,417 km (2,123 mi, 1,845 nmi) (HSC, VFR Reserves)
Service ceiling: 9,144 m (30,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 9.75 m/s (1,919 ft/min)
Take-off run to 15 m (49 ft): 793 m (2,602 ft)
Landing run from 15 m (49 ft): 661 m (2,169 ft)
Fuel consumption: 250 l/h (66 gal/h; 55 imp gal/h) (915 km (569 mi; 494 nmi) trip, including climb, cruise and descent, 491 km/h (305 mph; 265 kn) average block speed)
Avionics Honeywell Primus Apex


14 posted on 02/14/2022 12:57:11 PM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: tired&retired

The price of a new PC-12 is currently about $4.9m. Average retail pricing for one built in 2008, will be approximately $2.5m to $2.8m, and models that are 15 to 16 years old, 2001 to 2002, vintage, are typically in the range of $1.8m.


15 posted on 02/14/2022 12:58:05 PM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: tired&retired

Beautiful airplane. When I get $4Mil, that I don’t need, I will get one! I can dream, can’t I.


16 posted on 02/14/2022 1:03:21 PM PST by stickandrudder (Another Bitter-Clinger! God-Family-Tribe - LGBFJB brotherhood)
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To: nesnah
Correction:

Beaufort, SC, (pronounced byew ft) is in SC.

17 posted on 02/14/2022 1:05:18 PM PST by Savage Beast (The Left has replaced the American Dream with an American Nightmare!)
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18 posted on 02/14/2022 1:06:30 PM PST by deport
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To: Savage Beast

Beaufort, NC also.

Emerald Isle is a great place to play.

5.56mm


19 posted on 02/14/2022 1:08:23 PM PST by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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To: BenLurkin
The final track log data on flightaware looks...scary.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N79NX/history/20220213/1835Z/7W6/L%2034.81377%20-76.29135/tracklog

20 posted on 02/14/2022 1:08:27 PM PST by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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