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Pilot Killed In LI Plane Crash Was On First Flight
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| Oct 25, 2005 7:14 am US/Eastern
Posted on 10/25/2005 8:42:05 AM PDT by Calpernia
EAST HAMPTON, Long Island The plane that crashed in East Hampton, Long Island over the weekend had been bought in Georgia and was being flown home to Nantucket, Massachussetts. The pilot - 50-year-old William Holdgate of Nantucket was killed in the crash Sunday afternoon in the middle of East Hampton.
His family says Holdgate bought the twin-engine Cessna 411 several months ago and had traveled to Georiga to fly it home.
Holdgate owned a construction company in Nantucket and had been a pilot for about ten years.
An investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board says they found a three to four inch hole in the crank case of the left engine - but it's not clear if that happened before or after the crash.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cessna; easthampton; longisland; nantucket; planecrash; williamholdgate
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posted on
10/25/2005 8:42:06 AM PDT
by
Calpernia
To: KylaStarr; Cindy; StillProud2BeFree; nw_arizona_granny; Velveeta; Dolphy; appalachian_dweller; ...
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posted on
10/25/2005 8:42:34 AM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: Calpernia
Holdgate owned a construction company in Nantucket and had been a pilot for about ten years.This sentence takes some of the sting out of the poorly written headline.
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posted on
10/25/2005 8:46:38 AM PDT
by
blau993
(Labs for love; .357 for Security.)
To: Calpernia
To: Calpernia
Crankshaft failure? Then pilot in new aircraft unfamialar with single engine out procedures?
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posted on
10/25/2005 8:48:22 AM PDT
by
nevergore
(“It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.”)
To: nevergore
"Then pilot in new aircraft unfamialar with single engine out procedures? "
1. Shutdown engine
2. Turn fuel off
3. Set up best rate of glide
4. Communicate
5. Pick the friendliest looking tree
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posted on
10/25/2005 9:03:32 AM PDT
by
dljordan
To: Calpernia
It has been said that in the case of an single engine failure, the remaining engine takes the stricken aircraft to the crash site.
To: dljordan
I have a C 310, so the engine out procedure is:
Maintain blue line (Best single engine climb)
Identify (dead foot dead engine)
Clean up airplane(if on TO flaps up gear up - some argue on this one)
Feather prop
mixture closed
5 degree bank to dead engine
establish positive rate of climb
Land make sure you stay at blue line until landing assured.
It's a hand full losing an engine on take off, and many aren't up to the task.
I picked up a Bonanza from OK one time and the next day taking off from Goodland KN I had an engine failure at 600 feet and ended up in a freshly plowed corn field. When we got it back on it's gear got a Police escort through town back to the airport.
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posted on
10/25/2005 9:24:57 AM PDT
by
stubernx98
(cranky, but reasonable)
Comment #9 Removed by Moderator
To: Calpernia
Bump.......another one falls out of the sky.......
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posted on
10/25/2005 1:48:28 PM PDT
by
nw_arizona_granny
(For better health, plant a few winter greens in a pot,put in a sunny window,Oriental greens do well)
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