[ARC5] B-17 Crash Near Hartford CT

[Peter Gottlieb]

The NTSB investigators are very good and I'm sure they will be thorough and 
figure out what happened.

Peter


On 10/3/2019 8:45 PM, CARL HUETHER wrote:
>
> I suspect a very few (thankfully) on here are fueled with adult beverages and 
> are unable to control their fat mouth from spewing venom.
>
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>> On October 3, 2019 at 7:54 PM Peter Gottlieb <kb2vtl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Well like one person suggested, it may have been fueled with jet-a. Easy to 
>> determine.
>>
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>> On Oct 3, 2019, at 7:18 PM, Mike Bracey <mikebracey at att.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>> KE5YTV
>>>
>>> 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 <mailto:1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
>>> WB6KBL
>>>
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