Emergency landing today Troutdale, OR

Peter R. wrote:
On 2/1/2007 9:12:05 AM, "Gig 601XL Builder" wrote:

gatt, call your local news station and give them an atta'boy for not
saying the engine stalled.

But in this case it appears that the engine did just that.

Peter, you know we have no choice but hunt you down and kill you now, right?

The engine may have quit, but there are a lot of reasons for this,
especially things like running out of gas, or not generally knowing the fuel
systems. It wouldn't necessarily need to have been a problem intrinsically
with the engine itself.

Since the plane was seemingly intact, the NTSB investigation should provide
some meaningful information.



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"Viperdoc" wrote in message
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The engine may have quit, but there are a lot of reasons for this,
especially things like running out of gas, or not generally knowing the
fuel systems. It wouldn't necessarily need to have been a problem
intrinsically with the engine itself.

Since the plane was seemingly intact, the NTSB investigation should
provide some meaningful information.

It is very rare for two experimental, even of like makes/models, to have
identical systems, so the NTSB doesn't go to great lengths to investigate
experimental/homebuilt accidents unless there was a fatality. It isn't like
there are a thousand identical aircraft out there with the same undiscovered
problem lurking around just waiting to bite the owner.

The new owner of this aircraft is a fellow named Rick Gray. Presumably he
understands the systems on these aircraft, since he built an Oshkosh award
winning RV-6 some years back.

KB