Posted on 05/29/2018 11:35:10 AM PDT by DFG
A World War II-era plane crash-landed in Kansas after just completing flyovers for Memorial Day, officials said.
The Kansas State Highway Patrol said in a crash report the pilot ran out of fuel while approaching the runway at Westport Airport in Wichita around 12:10 p.m. and attempted to restart the engine.
The aircraft's engine failed to start, and the plane went down in a nearby neighborhood, police said.
The 1943 Fairchild PT-23 was part of the Commemorative Air Force-Jayhawk Wing doing flyovers across the state, according to KWCH. The PT-23 was a trainer plane for the U.S. Army Air Force.
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Haha....
They don't call it unusable for nothing.
It’s ok, they probably had extra nitrous
in their carry on luggage...
/ Cheech & Chong
They say that there is nothing duct tape can’t fix.
Apparently that doesn’t include fuel consumption!
Put a speed ring on it, and it would be quite pretty.
Any gas you have over what you need, just contributes to the post crash fire.
Oh so true. Lynnrd Skynnrd’s leased ancient Convair 240. At their stop in Greenville, SC the pilots were both aware of the malfunction of auto-lean fuel system on one engine, and so they continued to allow that engine to burn rich (ie. use more fuel than the other one). They could have, and should have stopped somewhere along the way to Baton Rouge, and refueled, to be on the safe side. In addition, relying on their fuel gauge was a huge mistake. This was a tragedy. The pilot/copilot were 34 and 32 y.o. respectively.
When in the Carribean, never flew with any pilot who relied on their fuel gauges— only the ones who checked all tanks with a dipstick, and refueled at frequent intervals. Over water... but really over anywhere- no fuel means a crash.
I was on a United flight recently. Takeoff was delayed over an hour because the fuel gauge wasn’t reading properly and they needed to bring a tech over to do a dipstick check.
The guy next to me was a jet mechanic at that airport, but not authorized for United. He said it’s less than a 5 minute job, but we had to wait.
Not a big deal.
Three most useless things to a pilot are: 1)altitude above you 2)Ideas you haven’t thought of yet and 3)fuel left in the fuel truck.
There was a group of guys that had restored a Boeing Stratoliner in Seattle. Tons of work and money. They were flying it from one airfield over to another (maybe the air museum?)
Anyway - it ran out of fuel as well. Ended up landing in the water. I think they tried to get it near the shore and shallower water, and I think they were able to load it up on a barge. Not sure if they redid the salvage effort.
Here is the account from an article of the Seattle crash:
With power going out on one engine of The Boeing’s Co.’s historic S-307 Stratoliner and a cockpit warning light showing low fuel pressure in another, Capt. Richard “Buzz” Nelson, a veteran Boeing test pilot, commanded the flight engineer to switch fuel feed to another tank.
“There is no other tank,” the flight engineer responded. “We are out of fuel.”
Moments later, Nelson radioed “mayday” and the Stratoliner, all four engines out, ditched into Elliott Bay about 50 feet from shore and in view of people eating lunch at nearby Salty’s restaurant.
None of the four crew members was seriously hurt and the plane, though badly damaged, was recovered from the salt water and is now being restored for the second time.
Ronnie is even wearing his signature hat. You can still buy them.
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Couldda been worse.
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You have an extra one handy?
The engine may have suffered a vacuum loss: a critical condition that occurs when the available fuel supply in the tank is replaced by air.
Maybe. It’s missing half of the wing on the other side.
My Amp goes to 11.
Except for the Dual Cockpit and Markings that sure looks like “5 O-Clock Charlie”
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