Peter Duniho wrote:

"Gig 601XL Builder" wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote in message
news:n7bEe.40522$DC2.15350@okepread01...



Says alot for the engines installed in the airplane though. Takes a lick'n
and keeps on tick'n.


It seems more likely that the engine suffered no trauma at all. Certainly,
with the nose hitting first, and the plane resting on the *right* wing and
fuselage, there's no reason to necessarily believe that the left engine or
propeller had any significant contact with the ground at all.

So, I'd say this accident says very little about the engines installed in
the airplane.


I read that as if he was talking about the fact that it took awhile for
the engine to stop even while spraying water and foam on it

As an aside, what do you think the G load was on that engine at the
time the plane hit the ground?

I thought it made for an amusing side note that the front end of the
plane (cockpit) was completely destroyed/demolished/missing...and the
engine just kept on truckin as though nothing was wrong