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Dana
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 Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:32 pm Post subject: MKIII crash today |
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It's my sad duty to report a Kolb MKIII crash today in Connecticut. Engine
failure on takeoff, perhaps 200-300' up, not clear whether the pilot was
attempting to return to the airport or stalled due to the pitch-up and was
trying to recover. Looked like he had turned about 45° from the runway
centerline and went into the trees on about a 45° down line. Pilot (Bob
Berrie whom some of you may know) and passenger are in stable condition,
many broken bones and much pain but apparently not life threatening. They,
another pilot on a GT400, and I were heading together to a fly-in in Rhode
Island, I was still taxiing out and behind the hangars so I didn't see it
happen. Looking at the wreckage, it's a miracle either of them
survived. Our prayers are with them tonight.
http://www.wfsb.com/news/17519674/detail.html#- or http://tinyurl.com/44s427
Surprisingly, the newscritters got it mostly right, except for the pilot's
name and calling it an "ultralight".
-Dana
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slyck(at)frontiernet.net
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| Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 4:34 pm Post subject: MKIII crash today |
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That puts a damper on a day's outing. I hope their injuries are of
the mendable variety.
Departure failures are the worst. I don't have a lot of regard for
the so-called departure stall
routines used in testing procedures, mostly because you would rarely
ever be in that extreme
a position in real life. That struggle at full throttle in the old
C-150 until it flips its ass over teakettle
is bogus.
Best wishes to your friends.
BB
On 20, Sep 2008, at 7:28 PM, Dana Hague wrote:
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It's my sad duty to report a Kolb MKIII crash today in
Connecticut. Engine failure on takeoff, perhaps 200-300' up, not
clear whether the pilot was attempting to return to the airport or
stalled due to the pitch-up and was trying to recover. Looked like
he had turned about 45° from the runway centerline and went into
the trees on about a 45° down line. Pilot (Bob Berrie whom some of
you may know) and passenger are in stable condition, many broken
bones and much pain but apparently not life threatening. They,
another pilot on a GT400, and I were heading together to a fly-in
in Rhode Island, I was still taxiing out and behind the hangars so
I didn't see it happen. Looking at the wreckage, it's a miracle
either of them survived. Our prayers are with them tonight.
http://www.wfsb.com/news/17519674/detail.html#- or http://
tinyurl.com/44s427
Surprisingly, the newscritters got it mostly right, except for the
pilot's name and calling it an "ultralight".
-Dana
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Lie ? Me ? Never! No, no, no, the truth is far too much fun!
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grantr
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:07 am Post subject: Re: MKIII crash today |
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I saw a news video and it showed the plane upside down at the base of a tree. Did they go in at the top of the tree and tumble through?
What engine did they have?
Very sad indeed.
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Dana
Joined: 13 Dec 2007
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Location: Connecticut, USA
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:57 am Post subject: MKIII crash today |
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At 09:07 AM 9/22/2008, grantr wrote:
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I saw a news video and it showed the plane upside down at the base of a
tree. Did they go in at the top of the tree and tumble through?
What engine did they have?
Very sad indeed.
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It looked they went in on a 45 degree angle from the treetop, then nosed
over. Whether they initially hit the treetop at that angle or came in at a
normal glide angle and then dropped after hitting the tree I can't say.
Engine was [I think] a 912, or perhaps a 914. Reason for the failure
unknown, possibly a fuel system problem.
-Dana
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