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Overstressed King Air
That's the best comment yet on this...salute!
"Ric" wrote in message u... "Dale" wrote in message ... In article , Mitchell Holman wrote: "Alan" wrote in : Passed on to me from a friend - evidently the pilot's windshield cracked at 27k feet, the crew dumped pressurization per the checklist and donned oxygen - only there wasn't any coming to the masks. They passed out and woke up at about 7000 ft and had to pull out of the dive. Sounds like grounds for litigation to me........... That NTSB report said the O2 system worked on the ground. It also said the crew dumped pressurization THEN donned masks...perhaps doing that in the reverse order would have been better. Flight manual advises to slowly reduce the pressure in the cabin but make sure there is a + ve px in the cabin to support cracked window. IE.. they shouldn't have dumped px. Oxy should have been on already and available at the masks. These clowns turned a run of the mill cracked windscreen into a major drama that has stuffed an airframe and nearly killed themselves. |
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"Alan" wrote in
mention VNE?) You can Google N777AJ NTSB Identification: CHI07LA063 14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation Accident occurred Friday, February 02, 2007 in Cape Girardeau, MO Aircraft: Raytheon Aircraft Company B200, registration: N777AJ Injuries: 2 Uninjured. This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. On February 2, 2007, about 1030 central standard time, a Raytheon Aircraft Company B200, N777AJ, sustained substantial damage during an uncontrolled descent and recovery from cruise at flight level 270. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flightcrew reported that they depressurized the airplane after noticing cracking of the airplane windshield. They then donned their oxygen masks but were unable to obtain oxygen from the oxygen system resulting in their loss of consciousness. They later regained consciousness, recovered from the descent, and landed without further incident at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating on an instrument rules flight plan. The pilot and copilot were uninjured. The flight originated from Rogers Municipal Airport-Carter Field, Rogers, Arkansas, at 0939. On-scene inspection of the airplane noted that approximately 2/3 of the left horizontal stabilizer and elevator were separated from the aircraft and 2/3 of the right elevator was separated but attached at the inboard hinge. The left and right wings were wrinkled. The left pilot windshield outer and inner ply were intact. The inner ply exhibited a shattered appearance with a crack at the lower right hand corner of the windshield. The cabin pressurization dump switch was in the dump position. The oxygen system worked when it was functionally tested in accordance with Airplane Flight Manual. |
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That last line says alot.
John Szalay wrote: "Alan" wrote in mention VNE?) You can Google N777AJ NTSB Identification: CHI07LA063 14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation Accident occurred Friday, February 02, 2007 in Cape Girardeau, MO Aircraft: Raytheon Aircraft Company B200, registration: N777AJ Injuries: 2 Uninjured. This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. On February 2, 2007, about 1030 central standard time, a Raytheon Aircraft Company B200, N777AJ, sustained substantial damage during an uncontrolled descent and recovery from cruise at flight level 270. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flightcrew reported that they depressurized the airplane after noticing cracking of the airplane windshield. They then donned their oxygen masks but were unable to obtain oxygen from the oxygen system resulting in their loss of consciousness. They later regained consciousness, recovered from the descent, and landed without further incident at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating on an instrument rules flight plan. The pilot and copilot were uninjured. The flight originated from Rogers Municipal Airport-Carter Field, Rogers, Arkansas, at 0939. On-scene inspection of the airplane noted that approximately 2/3 of the left horizontal stabilizer and elevator were separated from the aircraft and 2/3 of the right elevator was separated but attached at the inboard hinge. The left and right wings were wrinkled. The left pilot windshield outer and inner ply were intact. The inner ply exhibited a shattered appearance with a crack at the lower right hand corner of the windshield. The cabin pressurization dump switch was in the dump position. The oxygen system worked when it was functionally tested in accordance with Airplane Flight Manual. |
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Here's the article from the local newspaper:
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1188041.html Deadly day avoided at Cape airport Saturday, February 3, 2007 By TJ Greaney ~ Southeast Missourian Sheldon Stone made an emergency landing at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport early Friday. He and his co-pilot depressurized the plane when the windshield shattered, but they then lost consciousness. The tail damage occurred while they were unconscious. (Kit Doyle) [Click to enlarge] The twin-engine plane was diving toward the ground Friday morning at a speed of well over 400 miles per hour. Its pilot and co-pilot were unconscious from oxygen deprivation. The plane's nose was tilted down and in about 15 seconds would collide with the earth northwest of Cape Girardeau. Death seemed certain. But pilot Sheldon Stone and co-pilot Adam Moore are alive today. "We must have had angels on our shoulders, that's all I can say," said Stone, who flies the plane for the owner of Summit Bank of Arkansas and has about 4,200 hours of flying experience. Shortly after the plane took off from Rogers, Ark., en route to Shenandoah, Va., the windshield of the cockpit shattered. The pilots, who were the only people on board, don't know what caused that, but they immediately depressurized the cabin. "We were both worried the windshield would blow out. If that happened, we would be dead immediately," Stone said. Stone and Moore took the plane off autopilot and reached for the "heavy-duty" oxygen masks mounted on the plane's ceiling. Stone twisted a valve to begin the flow of oxygen. The pressurized tank in the rear should have promptly started because the plane was above 12,500 feet. But it didn't. So Stone pulled on straps at the side of the mask, a type of manual override to force air flow. Still nothing. "We were both getting drunk really fast. I remember thinking, really slowly, 'Hey, I'm not getting any oxygen, what's wrong here?' But I was so loony already at that point I couldn't even solve the problem if it could be solved," he said. "I just sort of thought to myself, 'I've got to hurry,' but everything was fading." For the next 60 seconds everything went black. Over the course of that time, the plane plummeted from 27,000 feet to 7,000 feet. Then Stone got a rush of blood to the head. He woke up. "My first thought, I mean, you're still so loony, I remember thinking, 'Why is this plane going so fast?'" he said. Stone grabbed the throttle and pulled the nose skyward. The craft stopped falling, but a great deal of damage had been done. Somewhere during the descent, the left portion of the tail, which houses the elevator and horizontal stabilizer, ripped off. Each wing was warped in an upside-down V shape due to the G-force exerted on them. Stone radioed air-traffic control in Memphis and was told the closest airport was Cape Girardeau. He was exhilarated to be alive, but quickly had to get serious. "I thought I was home free, but then I realize how hard it was to get the plane under control and I started to think, 'Wait a minute. This thing isn't over yet. I've got to find a way to land.'" Just keeping the plane horizontal was a struggle. When Stone accelerated, pressure pushed the nose upward, but when the pilot slowed down the craft, its nose pitched downward and the pilot had to yank it back. Eventually, they decided on a speed of 160 knots and began easing the plane in for a landing. Within five minutes of the call to Memphis, the plane was visible at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. It landed without incident and before the emergency responders could reach the scene. "I'd say it was a supremely good landing," said chief controller Larry Davis. "I see student pilots make worse landings every day." And when they saw the battered, broken plane, their jaws dropped. "This is one of the most incredible stories I've ever heard," said airport manager Bruce Loy. Today, the plane sits off the landing strip marked off by yellow tape. Its wings are warped and engine likely fried. It likely won't ever fly again, said airport officials. But for those who it carried to safety, the plane means something special. "That plane has Christian background," Stone said. The plane's former owner was an Assembly of God Christian association. Its registration number, N777AG, had biblical significance combining a holy number and an abbreviation for Assembly of God. The church kept the number when they sold the plane to Stone's boss but suggested the new owners might replace it with "AJ" for "Assembly of Jesus." They did, and Friday the little King Air 200 pulled off a miracle. "I'm just thanking God. I'm very thankful to be alive today," Stone said. 335-6611, extension 245 "John Szalay" wrote in message 42... "Alan" wrote in mention VNE?) You can Google N777AJ NTSB Identification: CHI07LA063 14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation Accident occurred Friday, February 02, 2007 in Cape Girardeau, MO Aircraft: Raytheon Aircraft Company B200, registration: N777AJ Injuries: 2 Uninjured. This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. On February 2, 2007, about 1030 central standard time, a Raytheon Aircraft Company B200, N777AJ, sustained substantial damage during an uncontrolled descent and recovery from cruise at flight level 270. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flightcrew reported that they depressurized the airplane after noticing cracking of the airplane windshield. They then donned their oxygen masks but were unable to obtain oxygen from the oxygen system resulting in their loss of consciousness. They later regained consciousness, recovered from the descent, and landed without further incident at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating on an instrument rules flight plan. The pilot and copilot were uninjured. The flight originated from Rogers Municipal Airport-Carter Field, Rogers, Arkansas, at 0939. On-scene inspection of the airplane noted that approximately 2/3 of the left horizontal stabilizer and elevator were separated from the aircraft and 2/3 of the right elevator was separated but attached at the inboard hinge. The left and right wings were wrinkled. The left pilot windshield outer and inner ply were intact. The inner ply exhibited a shattered appearance with a crack at the lower right hand corner of the windshield. The cabin pressurization dump switch was in the dump position. The oxygen system worked when it was functionally tested in accordance with Airplane Flight Manual. |
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