Patrnflyr Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 A Tecnam light sport, appearing to be a Bravo, went in today near Austin, TX. Both pilots crawled out with no injuries thank goodness. They were reporting engine problems at the time of the accident John Here's an article: http://www.myfoxaustin.com/dpp/news/local/experimental-plane-crashes-in-se-austin-neighborhood-031829011-ktbcw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coppercity Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Glad everyone got out safely! It will be interesting to hear what was going on with that Rotax to cause the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT4ME Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Kudos to the pilot... a bit more info and pics... http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/blotter/entries/2011/03/18/experimental_plane_crashes_nea.html Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runtoeat Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 A Tecnam crashed here in Michigan last year. I believe that it also was a Bravo. The engine quit during takeoff. The pilot wasn't as fortunate and passed away from injuries. No information on this and no information on the crash of a CTLS in Ohio last year in which the engine also quit. I have not seen any information that indicates what is happening to the Rotax engines or what the pilots may be doing to cause these engines to quit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT2kflyer Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 A Tecnam crashed here in Michigan last year. I believe that it also was a Bravo. The engine quit during takeoff. The pilot wasn't as fortunate and passed away from injuries. No information on this and no information on the crash of a CTLS in Ohio last year in which the engine also quit. I have not seen any information that indicates what is happening to the Rotax engines or what the pilots may be doing to cause these engines to quit. The Austin Statesman, reported that the pilot(s) decline fuel at their last destination, and ran the aircraft out of fuel. ROTAX can't do much about that problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runtoeat Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 CT2K, I re-read the report and I dosee that it was reported that the plane ran out of fuel. There are many accidents where pilots have run the CT's out of fuel and this is not uncommon but I would still like to see the official FAA report. The accidents I refer to in Ohio and in Michigan were engine failures and, from the best I can tell, these were not caused by fuel starvation but on these also, I have not seen the FAA final report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S3flyer Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 The place they rented from is out of Austin so I assume they started there for a $100 hamburger run to Llano. Llano is not far from Austin, probably 60 miles or so. They would have only burned 3 gallons or so if they flew direct from Austin. I probably wouldn't have purchased fuel if I started full. I believe the Bravo has 2 12 gallon wing tanks. Impossible to say what happened until the NTSB does their investigation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josjonkers Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 CT2K, I re-read the report and I dosee that it was reported that the plane ran out of fuel. There are many accidents where pilots have run the CT's out of fuel and this is not uncommon but I would still like to see the official FAA report. The accidents I refer to in Ohio and in Michigan were engine failures and, from the best I can tell, these were not caused by fuel starvation but on these also, I have not seen the FAA final report. That is what it said at the end of the report, but yes this was a newspaper report, so better wait for the ntsb report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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