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05-21-2009, 01:09 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Southwest Michigan
Posts: 180
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RV-6A down: Plainwell, MI
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05-22-2009, 07:03 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
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Plainwell is the airport just south of me. I recognized the rudder pedals in the wreckage pictures and was afraid that it was an RV. Very sad.
Plainwell has a short narrow east/west runway between two roadways and an intersecting turf runway midfield. Nothing much else to say about the airport environment other than there should be any number of fields around it to try to land on. And roadways. Michigan is about half open fields and half woods. Weather was beautiful yesterday.
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05-22-2009, 03:47 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Massapequa,NY
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WTH. Sad news indeed. How can we make engines more reliable?
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05-23-2009, 10:28 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Corvallis Oregon
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eh?
Do we know the engine quitting was the cause of this??
Frank
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05-23-2009, 10:41 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: 8I3
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From a close mutual friend of the pilot/builder of this RV, he said it was a stall/spin type of accident.
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05-23-2009, 11:41 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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"Stall/spin." Sigh. Preventable if true.
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05-23-2009, 04:41 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Massapequa,NY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by frankh
Do we know the engine quitting was the cause of this??
Frank
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This witness said the plane seemed to not having enough power.
http://www.clipsyndicate.com/video/p...well?wpid=5435 |
05-23-2009, 08:44 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Houston,Tx
Posts: 292
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Aviator168
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I'm not trying to sound rude... But seldom do ground witnesses get it right, even more so when it comes to the engine. |
05-23-2009, 09:38 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
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Witnesses
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Originally Posted by msturgis
I'm not trying to sound rude... But seldom do ground witnesses get it right, even more so when it comes to the engine.
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Matt, there isn't anything rude about trying to find out what happened. It is important the we all learn from unfortunate events like this one.
From the small amount of hard evidence, and an educated guess, it does look like a stall-spin, all the wreckage in one spot and no marks leading to the impact site. And no, an engine failure won't directly cause a stall/spin, but running out of airspeed sure will.
John Clark ATP, CFI
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05-24-2009, 05:45 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: East Troy, WI
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Nothing will be learned from reading errant news articles or speculating on this forum. If someone has access to the NTSB report, when it becomes available, they can convey it to this site. Then we can intelligently discuss how to avoid situations that lead to accidents. In the mean time, please limit your posts to expressing sympathies to the families and friends of the victims.
Roberta
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