News - Bad day with a new KA

[TFaudree_ERAU]

Mental note made: winglets on a King Air don't do crap for fuel efficiency.

 

[NickH]

It may be an old saying, but if, by some great misfortune, you find yourself in a similar situation: Step up into the life raft.

I know the plane will eventually sink, but it's a lot easier to find a huge white airplane with an ELT and a yellow raft next to it, than it is to find a yellow raft.

These guys look like they were hoping to paddle home.

 

[Baronpilot244]

I like the way they closed the door! Smart thinking if it stays afloat the NTSB will be able to figure out what went wrong!

Bp244

 

[TFaudree_ERAU]

I like the way they closed the door! Smart thinking if it stays afloat the NTSB will be able to figure out what went wrong!

Bp244

Probably went out the window over the right wing.

 

[I'm gone]

WOW and I thought I was having a rough day! I don't feel so bad now.

 

[Boris Badenov]

Protip: fltplan.com has extremely accurate fuel burn numbers for just about any GA aircraft. Point and click!

 

[JayAre]

Its so weird and unusual when both engines lose power. I have no idea what would cause that...

I would also be willing to guess it was due to fuel system integrity check in flight.

 

[A150K]

Lots of stupid, stupid crap goes on in the Caribbean, and it's all unnecessary.

There was this one time I was in Kingston buying a few ki.....Wait, wrong forum

 

[FlyingScot]

Protip: fltplan.com has extremely accurate fuel burn numbers for just about any GA aircraft. Point and click!

Unless I am ferrying a Bonanza to Hawaii, I hope to never need to cut it that close.

 

[deadstick]

Here's a riddle...
#1) If you don't fill the nac tanks first, how much can you be short in a 90?
#2) If you don't turn on the pumps, how much fuel won't transfer to the nac tanks?

#1 + #2 = ????????

 

[mjmuel0]

oooopps didn't you check the fuel

 

[fholbert]

If it had a BlackBox I'm sure it would have recorded this:

"No, I thought you ordered fuel?"

 

[dustoff17]

Amazing that a pilot would go out over open water and not give consideration to PNR, ETOPS, etc.

My bet is that these were not pilots that do ferry flights for a living....probably the owner or the owner's pilots...fresh out of FSI

 

[dasleben]

Amazing that a pilot would go out over open water and not give consideration to PNR, ETOPS, etc.

My bet is that these were not pilots that do ferry flights for a living....probably the owner or the owner's pilots...fresh out of FSI

That happens a lot down there, to be honest. I ferried a 402 from MA to Puerto Rico once, and there were guys pushing it non-stop from FL in order to avoid customs. No thanks, I stopped in the Bahamas.

 

[dustoff17]

Amazing! I pucker up when leaving the shoreline entering a NAT and seeing the "check fuel at destination" message illuminated.

It's very sad, that KA is (was) really nice.

 

[scooter2525]

Here's a riddle...
#1) If you don't fill the nac tanks first, how much can you be short in a 90?
#2) If you don't turn on the pumps, how much fuel won't transfer to the nac tanks?

#1 + #2 = ????????

38 gal...

 

[deadstick]

38 gal...

X 2 for both sides and that about another hour of flight time.

 

[scooter2525]

X 2 for both sides and that about another hour of flight time.

Yuppers. Maybe a little more at 200 pph.

 

[fholbert]

If the water is deep enough you can tell any story you want about why both engines quit. Any story that is except you simply didn't buy enough fuel...

How about this one?

 

[fholbert]