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Twin take off on one engine?
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:02:38 -0700 (PDT), JDS Davis wrote in
: ... The latest article said he knew he had an engine out and was taking off single engine. ... OK. I went looking for the latest article myself: http://www.brantford.com/news.cfm?pa...articleId=4997 Published: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 by Tom Kennedy The Transport Safety Board of Canada yesterday concluded its investigation into a plane crash which occurred at Brantford Municipal Airport on Monday afternoon [24 Aug 2009]. The investigation finished yesterday as TSB officials determined the reason for the crash was not an unavoidable malfunction. On the contrary, TSB’s senior regional investigator Peter Rowntree said the pilot, Peter VanBerlo of Simcoe, had attempted to take off from the Brantford airport with the knowledge that one of his engines was not working. VanBerlo’s twin engine Aztec Piper was down one engine when he attempted to take off and, Rowntree said, he subsequently clipped a line of evergreen trees on the edge of the runway and caused irreparable damage to the plane causing him to crash in a cornfield bordering the western side of the airport. Rowntree said while it isn’t uncommon for pilots to fly with one engine, it is very dangerous to attempt a takeoff. “It’s not wise to take off in a two-engine aircraft when only one is working,” he said. The crash happened at around 5 p.m. Monday and Brant County OPP, Brantford police and fire and ambulance crews were on scene but VanBerlo only suffered minor injuries to his head and was released from hospital the following day. ==== end quote ==== http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=57597&sid=9217e1945ec9b5c6483 3597ab6e50812&start=25 A09O0179: The privately owned Piper PA23-250, registration C-FGAZ, arriving from the United States stopped in Brantford to clear customs before continuing to his private strip. When the pilot was preparing to depart Brantford, he was unable to get to the right engine to start. The pilot elected to attempt a single engine takeoff from runway 23. During the take off roll the pilot was unable to maintain direction control and the aircraft departed the right side of the runway just prior to the intersection of taxiway echo and runway 23. The aircraft struck a taxiway light and continued across the taxiway becoming airborne. The aircraft began a slow climb, but was unable to clear trees at the edge of the airport property. The aircraft's right wing struck a tree approximately 20 feet from the ground severing the outboard portion of the right wing. The aircraft crashed into a cornfield approximately 300 feet beyond the tree and was substantially damaged. The pilot was the only occupant on board and received minor injuries. ==== end quote ==== -- Big-8 newsgroups: humanities.*, misc.*, news.*, rec.*, sci.*, soc.*, talk.* See http://www.big-8.org for info on how to add or remove newsgroups. |
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