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Skippers Aviation

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Services
Fleet
Incidents
References
External links

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Skippers Aviation is an airline based in Osborne Park, a suburb of Perth. It is a charter company specialising in mining crew changes, executive charters and general flying for the mining industry in Western Australia, as well as search and rescue and medevac operations. It was established by John Skipper and started operations in 1990 and also operates a small scheduled network in Western Australia. Its main base is Perth Airport.

Services

As of February 2019 Skippers Aviation operates scheduled services to the following domestic destinations:

Meekatharra
Wiluna
Mt Magnet
Broome
Halls Creek
Fitzroy Crossing
Ravensthorpe
Laverton
Leonora

The airline also services the mining industry in Western Australia, being the largest provider of fly-in fly-out services in the state. It operates over 100 regular flights per week in support of 15 major mining companies.^[1]

Some of the mines it currently (2011) services:

Jundee Gold Mine
Lawlers Gold Mine
Plutonic Gold Mine
Sunrise Dam Gold Mine
Norseman Mine
Karara Mine
Yarrie Mine
Forrestania Mine

Fleet

As of June 2016 the Skippers Aviation fleet consists of the following aircraft:^[2]

4 Cessna 441 Conquest II
4 de Havilland Canada DHC-8-100 Dash 8
6 de Havilland Canada/Bombardier DHC-8-300 Dash 8
6 Embraer EMB 120ER Brasilia
5 Fairchild SA227-DC Metro 23
2 Fokker 100

Incidents

On 26 June 2007 an Embraer Brasilia (VH-XUE) on a charter flight was executing a go-around at Jundee Airstrip in Western Australia. During the go-around the crew experienced difficulties in controlling the aircraft, with the aircraft descending to 50 feet above the ground and the bank angle reaching 40 degrees. After regaining control, the crew realised that the left engine had stopped. The cause of the engine stoppage was fuel starvation.^[3]
On 19 March 2014 a De Havilland DHC-8 (VH-XFX) approaching Perth had a "near-miss" with an object that was moving towards the aircraft. The crew identified visually the object, which was not detected by the TCAS, and took evasive action to avoid collision. Though presumed to be a UAV, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation was unable to confirm the nature of the object. The ATSB raised concerns about risks posed by unregulated operation of UAVs.^[4]

References

1. ^Skippers website - Charters {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013082120/http://www.skippers.com.au/charter |date=13 October 2009 }} accessed: 15 November 2009
2. ^[https://www.casa.gov.au/aircraft-register?search_api_views_fulltext=Skippers+aviation&vh=&field_ar_serial=] using "Skippers" as the search parameter. Search conducted 12 June 2016.
3. ^Australian Transport Safety Bureau interim report on VH-XUE incident. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
4. ^ATSB Final Report Near collision between an unknown object and De Havilland DHC-8, VH-XFX, Perth Airport, Western Australia on 19 March 2014 (retrieved 2014-05-30)

External links

Skippers Aviation official website

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