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John Hauck
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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 Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 6:14 pm Post subject: Rocky Mountain Lodge Airstrip |
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Hi Folks:
July 1, 2000, I crashed on landing at the airstrip across the Alaska Highway
from the Rocky Mountain Lodge, on Muncho Lake, British Columbia, just south
of the Yukon Territory Border. The strip was rocky and rougher than I
anticipated. I was about 25 lbs less than max gross weight for my MKIII,
1,200 lbs.
Soon after touch down the left gear leg/axle socket failed, which triggered
a chain reaction of damaging both main landing gear, left wing and aileron.
I was 2,470 miles from home with an airplane that was not repairable in the
field.
Tonight, while looking for a video of a Zenith CH-701 with turboprop engine,
I discovered this video of a Twin Otter that crashed in Northern British
Columbia. As I watched the video I felt like I was familiar with the
location of that strip. By the time the Twin Otter crashed on takeoff, I
knew it was the same strip I had crashed on, landing to the south. The Twin
Otter is taking off to the north. At the beginning of the clip you can see
fuel drums on the ground on the other side of the airstrip. That is where I
ended up after ground looping, barely missing a full fuel drum, over into
the edge of the bush. The airstrip has been extensively upgraded since I
was there. Where the cameraman was located is on the two track that crosses
the airstrip. It used to be two deep ruts. Those ruts are what initially
took out the left main gear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0DEb0M6wt4&feature=related
I flew over the Lodge and airstrip the next year, 2001, on my way to a
successful flight to Point Barrow, Alaska, my intended destination the year
before. Nope, had no desire to land there then, but would have no problem
landing there now. We upgraded the main gear, welding the axle socket to
the gear leg before having them heat treated. Bother Jim wanted to make the
gear this way initially, but I talked him out of it because it was easier to
line up the main gear when building. My bad. ;-(
john h
mkIII
Titus, Alabama
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John Hauck
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 4639
Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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| Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:37 pm Post subject: Rocky Mountain Lodge Airstrip |
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These are several videos of the turbine 701
PCKing
I'm sorry. I wasn't looking for info on that airplane. Mentioned I was
looking for a video from EAA when I discovered the Twin Otter crash at
Muncho Lake, BC, and the airstrip I crashed on 10 years ago.
Thanks any how. Don't think I could feed a 12 gph engine. 
john h
mkIII
Titus, Alabama
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