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Old 04-27-2011, 02:12 PM
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Default RV-10 Inflight Fire and Forced Landing - Pilot Did Great!

Anyone know what's going on with Ted, I hope I am mistaken but I think I heard he had a fire and an off airport landing

{ed: I moved this and all the subsequent posts from Ted Chang's "First Flight Announcement" thread to it's own dedicated thread because there is a tremendous amount of good information here that everyone might want to see, but wouldn't find under the old title. All posts have been transfered intact. }
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Old 04-27-2011, 02:29 PM
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No details other than Ted is fine and
his Facebook pic shows gear failure from
an off field landing. No details on what
caused the landing.
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Old 04-27-2011, 02:34 PM
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No details other than Ted is fine and
his Facebook pic shows gear failure from
an off field landing. No details on what
caused the landing.
Tom
Got a link to his F/B page???
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Old 04-27-2011, 02:35 PM
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Anyone know what's going on with Ted, I hope I am mistaken but I think I heard he had a fire and an off airport landing

Kirk, I just saw this post by Bob Leffler on the Ohio Valley RVators site:

"Ted just posted to facebook that he had an inflight fire and landed off airport. Ted is ok, but the rv-10's gear collapsed.

He posted some photos to facebook"

No speculation, just what popped up.
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Old 04-27-2011, 02:38 PM
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Yep I just saw this after I posted I am really glad he is ok
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I don't know if this is a good link,
as I don't know much about FB.

http://www.facebook.com/rv9pilot

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Old 04-27-2011, 07:06 PM
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Yes, after the excitement of the first flight I had the excitement of a fire flight. I came out fine. The landing was not too bad. The initial impact was absorbed by the collapse of landing gears. The wet uphill slope slowed down the airplane.

I had an in-flight fire while on four mile upwind for landing. After discharged fire extinguisher and closed the fuel valve I found the cabin filled with smoke with zero visibility. I opened the door and it flew away. Looking down I found a pasture on my left and banked sharp to land. In front of me are hills with houses and trees. This is pretty much all I had. Everything happened in 2-3 minutes. I am glad that I walked away. So, it must be a good landing .

After I have the airplane back to the hangar and open up cowling and tunnel cover I will report back the cause of the fire.




Baggage door was opened after fire was extinguished and I opened it to retrieve my tools.


See the phone line on top of this picture? I flew under it!
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Old 04-27-2011, 07:29 PM
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Glad to see you made it down safely Ted. That had to be absolutely terrifying, yet you managed to put her down with minimal damage to you and the airplane! Well done
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Old 04-27-2011, 07:42 PM
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Pretty scary! Glad you could see well enough to see through the smoke! Good decision to cut the fuel supply and lose the door right away.
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Old 04-27-2011, 07:53 PM
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Ted:

That was without a doubt some fine aviating! Sorry about the plane, but congrats on keeping your cool (no pun intended).

We look forward to hearing your findings.
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