Posted on 12/18/2013 8:43:16 PM PST by WhiskeyX
The complete engine from the Cessna Grand Caravan that crashed off Kalaupapa has been recovered by salvage crews, the owner of Makani Kai Air said Wednesday afternoon.
(Excerpt) Read more at mauinews.com ...
The sentence was written in the context of meaning the whole event related to the crash of the aircraft, including the events which took place after the aircraft ditched in the sea.
But that was decades ago.
I think we’re looking at an 119.21 operation. I don’t know their operation or flight areas.
I departed Wilmington Delaware once in a Cherokee in the middle of August with five persons plus pilot and four sets of golf clubs with full fuel. I used all 8,000 feet of a 10,000 foot runway and had an initial rate of climb of 100 feet per minute without stalling. The passengers thanked me when we got to their destination, for the lovely scenic view of the bay as we left because we were as low as the sailboat masts. After I burned off enough fuel and got into some cooler air I managed to squeeze out about 400 feet per minute. It took me half way to Charlotte NC to get to my filed altitude of 4,500’. If only they knew?
Nope, a 119.21 operation applies to Alaska islands only.
I’m betting a 135. Any tail numbers released?
Prolly why it didn’t need a hunnerd hour inspection......:o)
“...but Fuddy “remained in the fuselage of the plane,” Honolulu Fire Capt. Terry Seelig told KHON-TV. “It’s always a difficult situation when you’re not able to get everybody out.”
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-hawaii-plane-crash-20131213,0,279382.story#ixzz2nupVKt2O
The first reports said she was in the water, her assistant helped her get into her life jacket, she was floating there talking to him and then she became unresponsive.
I think she probably died of natural causes. It’s possible, I suppose, that the plane was tampered with in hopes of taking them all down (her assistant, also on the plane, was also involved with the BC matter). However, I think the most likely thing is simply that the plane was overloaded and just went down.
I’ve been on that flight, and it’s a very tiny plane that has to fly over a very rough terrain and rough ocean with lots of unpredictable winds and conditions.
The Slant 6 was the winner of its era.
http://caravan.cessna.com/caravan/grand-caravan-ex
http://caravan.cessna.com/~/media/Files/caravan/grand_caravan_ex/grandcaravansd.ashx
I believe the LA Times has inaccurate information, unless the man who was holding her hand when she died was wrong.
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