airplane crashes on Kansas golf course

[Roger Roger]

He's been on just about every national news channel with his "amazing story". Will be interesting to see what the NTSB comes up with....

It's a mooney, wet wings probably leaked so much it ran out of gas.

 

[killbilly]

Well... glad they made it ok.

The kid now has the best college application essay ever.

Also the best "Tell me about a time" scenario/question if he ever applies for an airline.

 

[dustoff17]

It's a mooney, wet wings probably leaked so much it ran out of gas.

Exactly my initial thought!!

 

[dustoff17]

And here it is:

Safety regulators said the March 18 crash of a single-engine Mooney onto the Tallgrass Country Club golf course may have been caused by an empty fuel tank.

The National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report on Friday that the airplane — piloted by a 17-year-old with an 18 -year-old passenger on board — was on a downwind landing at Jabara Airport when the airplane’s engine lost power.


http://www.kansas.com/news/business/aviation/article69423252.html

 

[z987k]

an empty tank or 2 empty tanks?

 

[dustoff17]

an empty tank or 2 empty tanks?

According to the article, AN empty fuel tank, the other had "some" fuel.

 

[deadstick]

FAA guy: "You know there's no fuel in this tank?"
Pilot: "Yes sir. There's that gash I the leading edge. All the fuel is on the ground between here and where that fence post used to be."

True story.

 

[dustoff17]

In THIS case, the tanks were intact. It appears to be an empty left tank and the fuel selector set to LEFT. And a small amount ("some") of fuel remaining in the right tank.

 

[Baronpilot244]

You know this would probably have worked if they were in his Honda Civic. "oh no we're out of gas - on this quiet golf course"


Bp244