Idiot Pilot Runs Out of Gas - Lands Cessna on I-81 - CAN'T BECHARGED!!

On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 20:36:32 -0400, "Morgans"
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Put this whole chain of things together, the leaky caps emptied the

I popped the caps off my tip tanks on takeoff. The tanks were empty
by the time I could do a tight pattern. 30 gallons gone in just a
couple minutes. At today's $5 a gallon that's kinda steep.

tanks in less than an hour, they couldn't believe they were out of
fuel yet, Stalled while trying for a restart, ended up in a flat spin
all the way to the ground. No survivors. The largest piece was what
was left of the engine.

BTW even the engine was damaged beyond repair.

Was that the cotton candy pink airplane?

Yup, I shot a photo of Cotton Candy at the pancake breakfast and
headed home. They augured in less than an hour later.

The photo of Jack doing an EAA advisor sign off of some of my work was
taken just two days before.


Nice plane, and a real pity to go that way. I had talked with him for a
while at one OSH. I was sad to hear of that, even though I did not know him
well.
Roger (K8RI) ARRL Life Member
N833R (World's oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com