[ARC5] B-17 Crash Near Hartford CT

[Mike Bracey]

 It sounds like the pilot might have stalled the plane trying to make it back back to the field. The mystery is why was he losing power. A B-17 will fly all day on 3 engines. The first rule is fly the plane. After control is established, cut the fuel to the bad engine, feather the prop and pull the fire bottle. Then make the pattern to a normal landing. Most air disasters are caused by a sequence of events rather than one thing. I'm thinking this will be the same. It will be interesting to see what the investigation turns up.
MikeKE5YTV

    On Thursday, October 3, 2019, 3:18:03 PM CDT, Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:  
 
     Yes, this makes sense. I meant only that a single engine 
going out does not sound like running out of fuel although it 
could still be a fuel problem such as a leak or something else 
that would prevent fuel from getting to the engine. Might also 
account for the fire.

On 10/3/2019 12:59 PM, gordon white wrote:
> Engine failure on takeoff is not usually from running out of oil, 
> but maximum power used  briefly on takeoff (METO) is more than 
> allowed for cruise, and takeoff power does stress an engine. A 
> cylinder on a radial can come loose from the crankcase, or a 
> piston break. I was on a DC-7 that lost an engine and it was 
> pretty scary. The unbalanced forces from losing an engine are 
> difficult to control. The pilot has to feather the dead engine, 
> deploy the fire extinguishers (and not feather the wrong engine) 
> in a very brief period of time. Some light twins, if you lose one 
> engine on takeoff you can be flipped upside down if you don't cut 
> the other one.
> 
>   - Gordon White
> 
> 

-- 
Richard Knoppow
1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
WB6KBL
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