He's alive---------I'd say that's a good landing.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry&Sallie Flesner" <fles...@verizon.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 10:46 PM Subject: KR> KR jailbird > > > I got this from a friend on the Quickie e-mail list. Anyone know > anything about who the pilot might be? > > Larry Flesner > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Yesterday, a KR-2 pilot landed in jail here in the Puget Sound. > > William left Olympia for Tacoma on a flight over Puget Sound via McNeil > Island - a state prison. He had 7 gallons on board verified by sight > gage, > electric fuel gage, and visual sighting thru a gas cap. After 15 minutes > of > flight time, he ran out of fuel and had to make an emergency landing in a > cleared field on the island. > > The engine is a Revmaster with Revflow carburetor. There is only a header > tank with 14 gallons capacity. There is a fuel tank vent under the > airplane > similar to the Q2. > > He cleared the trees on the high point and landed on an upslope. When the > nose gear touched, it broke off and the airplane pitch poled onto it's > back > landing on the canopy and the tail. The canopy frame held and the > vertical > fin broke. William was not injured but complained of soreness and > stiffness. He had a 4 point harness. The canopy plastic broke and > William > crawled out. There was no fire. There was no fuel on board and there was > no evidence of fuel leakage. > > I helped William recover his airplane with some friends and relatives. > The > guards had helped William right and disassemble his airplane when we got > there. > > The NTSB did not come out but will examine the airplane at Williams place. > > Access was by the prison barge which is pushed by a tug and manned by > prison > inmates. We were prohibited from talking to the inmates. We used a 16 > foot > trailer. We were escorted by a guard during the recovery. There is no > news > in the papers about the accident as the entire event occurred on state > property. > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
