Hi, Its certainly a relief that Craig is OK -
One of the central members of our EAA chapter recently had a similar crash. His Rotax 912 powered Europa lost power. After a by-the-book minimum energy landing in a soft farm field, the plane turned over. With minimal injuries directly from the crash, he was stuck hanging from the seat belts for hours with header tank gas dripping all over him. He was very lucky to be “rescued” before the gas ignited - as well as “lucky” to have carefully followed emergency procedures and turned off the master. (BTW - he runs on of the local flight schools) His Europa was similar to many of our KR’s with a header tank and a forward hinged canopy. There are a lot of things we can do to improve the crashworthiness of our airplanes, and it certainly behooves us to do so. Surviving a crash and then burning on the ground is a pretty terrible thing. I bring this up because I am hoping to mod my son’s KR (hinged canopy) and my Cavalier (sliding canopy) with some form of release pins to release the canopy in case of overturn. I’m not sure this is really the best approach, or if making some form of provision for making an alternative exit (through the canopy or fuselage with an axe?) - or maybe both would be best. Anyways, just thought I’d bring it up. I don’t think we pay even close to enough attention to crash-worthiness. My son’s KR: https://hugheskr2s.yolasite.com My Cavalier: https://sites.google.com/view/melbycavalier/home Cheers, Owen > On May 29, 2019, at 9:00 AM, krnet-requ...@list.krnet.org wrote: > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 12:16:49 -0700 > From: <laser...@juno.com <mailto:laser...@juno.com>> > To: krnet@list.krnet.org <mailto:krnet@list.krnet.org> > Subject: KR> N886MJ > Message-ID: <aabqq5cl6ak3e...@smtpout01.vgs.untd.com > <mailto:aabqq5cl6ak3e...@smtpout01.vgs.untd.com>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > So sorry to hear about your off-field landing. The mystery now is what > was going on with the engine. > > Sounds like something similar with Jim Morehead's plane. His wasn't an > off-field landing but rather, from what I remember reading, he departed > the runway on roll-out and the nose wheel dug in and flipped the plane > over on its back. Sounds like MJ built a good strong turtle deck, > allowing you to crawl out. In Morehead's case, he and his instructor had > to have bystanders flip the plane back on its wheels before they could > get out - that might have been because there were two people in the > plane. Nose gear on KR's seem like they can present this problem when > on soft surfaces, at least in some cases. Certainly not the first time > this has happened Craig. > > Now you get to take down your Corvair and put it back together. Use Mark > Langford's Corvair material when you get to that point. > > Durnit . . . > > Mike > KSEE > _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
