[ARC5] B-17 Crash Near Hartford CT
Richard Knoppow
1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
Fri Oct 4 00:51:38 EDT 2019
Thank you for linking this. Well worth watching.
On 10/3/2019 9:21 PM, Mark K3MSB wrote:
> NTSB Press Briefing
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoLU-I6C4Uo#action=share
>
> Pilot radioed ATC they had a problem with an engine. NTSB has
> the engine.
> Fuel sample in right wing -- 100 LL
> A/C made initial contact with the approach lights about 1000 ft
> from threshold end of RWY 06; hit 30 approach lights total.
>
> 73 Mark K3MSB
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 8:52 PM Peter Gottlieb <kb2vtl at gmail.com
> <mailto:kb2vtl at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >> On October 3, 2019 at 7:54 PM Peter Gottlieb
> <kb2vtl at gmail.com <mailto: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 <mailto: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
> <mailto: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>
> <mailto:1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com <mailto:1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>>
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