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pilot ok. no pax. attempting a go around, no engine response. landed in grass field and flipped over.
cause. last yr he lost brakes on landing and went off runway and suffered wings and prop damage and had to have engine redone. when he put throttle linkage on he forgot the cotter pin in cable. nut unscrewed, bolt fell out plane crashed. he is extremly lucky to be alive! we are lucky he's still with us. one big reason contributing to this could be that he never had anyone else check his work (that i am aware of). we have lost 4 of our EAA members in the past 5 years in plane crashes and 2 survived crashes! it is terrible! all were stupid mistakes! i read on this forum where you talk about john did this, larry did this, ha ha and comments were you cant teach stupid! well we better find a way, we are loosing nice "stupid" people.
builders use your tech counslers!!!! they are worth their weight in gold! they DO care about you. they want you to stay healthy!!! i had 7 tech inspections while building my RV! it is flying great! and i am using a flight advisor with every flight! these are great people. some of you have to swallow your ego or what ever it is that makes you not seek their help! this is not a game, this is serious stuff.
sorry for ranting but this has to change.
my friend here is a 20yr army chopper pilot........................
pilot ok. no pax. attempting a go around, no engine response. landed in grass field and flipped over.
cause. last yr he lost brakes on landing and went off runway and suffered wings and prop damage and had to have engine redone. when he put throttle linkage on he forgot the cotter pin in cable. nut unscrewed, bolt fell out plane crashed. he is extremly lucky to be alive! we are lucky he's still with us. one big reason contributing to this could be that he never had anyone else check his work (that i am aware of). we have lost 4 of our EAA members in the past 5 years in plane crashes and 2 survived crashes! it is terrible! all were stupid mistakes! i read on this forum where you talk about john did this, larry did this, ha ha and comments were you cant teach stupid! well we better find a way, we are loosing nice "stupid" people.
builders use your tech counslers!!!! they are worth their weight in gold! they DO care about you. they want you to stay healthy!!! i had 7 tech inspections while building my RV! it is flying great! and i am using a flight advisor with every flight! these are great people. some of you have to swallow your ego or what ever it is that makes you not seek their help! this is not a game, this is serious stuff.
sorry for ranting but this has to change.
my friend here is a 20yr army chopper pilot........................
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