Emergency landing today Troutdale, OR

On Feb 1, 1:51 pm, "Anno v. Heimburg"
wrote:
wrote:
What makes you think that engine trouble was the cause of this
incident?

I cannot speak for where MX has got it from, but the article linked in the
OP contains words to that effect.

True, but the article only mentioned "mechanical problems" and a
"sputtering engine".
That can mean anything and not just a failing engine.
I know as much as MX about the real cause, and that is absolutely
nothing.
The difference is that I know that I know nothing about it and MX
doesn't.

Regards,
Kees.

Anthony is not a pilot, and wouldn't be expected to know that an RV is a
homebuilt.

It does sound somewhat reminiscent of the John Denver crash.

gatt wrote:
http://koin.com/Global/story.asp?S=6018883

Bummer, but he's alive. He'd just purchased the plane this morning,
coming to Troutdale (probably for fuel) and had to make an emergency
landing in a suburb about a mile or so from the runway. To the west
is Blue Lake (shallow) and to the east toward the airport is a bunch
of fields but the terrain is broken and being developed. A local
pilot would probably know where to put it down off the street, but
this guy did alright.
This is about a mile from my house. I can tell if it's a good flying
day by the amount of planes flying overhead. Rwy 07 faces straight
into mouth of the Columbia River Gorge so he might have found himself
facing a sudden 20mph gusting headwind turning final.

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

Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:

Don't know, is it relevant?

Yes. If I had bought a plane brand-new and it had engine trouble on
the first flight, I'd have the aircraft dumped on the doorstep of the
CEO of the manufacturer. There's no excuse for that.

In a used plane, the expectations are different.

This aircraft was a "homebuilt" though probably not the home of the current
owner.

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

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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On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:21:39 +0100, Mxsmanic wrote:

This is a new aircraft and the engine fails on the first flight?
Something is not right.

Newly purchased homebuilt that was constructed by someone else. A Harmon
Rocket, I believe.

Ron Wanttaja

writes:

What makes you think that engine trouble was the cause of this
incident?

A sputtering engine is not likely to be a healthy engine. Unless the
pilot did something stupid, of course (or failed to do something
smart).

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Ron Wanttaja writes:

Newly purchased homebuilt that was constructed by someone else. A Harmon
Rocket, I believe.

Still, the same principles apply: A new aircraft shouldn't have engine
trouble. If the pilot paid to have it constructed, the constructor
owes him something.

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