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Old December 21st 06, 02:07 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Christopher Campbell[_1_]
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Default Another of those unreliable AC engines stalled on approach

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:33:20 -0800, xxx wrote
(in article . com):

Article reproduced in its entirety:

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Pilot hurt in plane crash at Thetford airport

Published: Monday, December 18, 2006
THETFORD - A pilot from Post Mills was injured Sunday morning when the
plane he was piloting crashed at the Post Mills Airport in Thetford,
said state police in Bradford.

Andy Gelston, 45, was transported by helicopter to Dartmouth Hitchcock
Medical Center for unspecified injuries after the engine on his light
sport aircraft stalled at between 50 and 100 feet in the air and
crashed, nose first, at the end of the grass runway.

The Federal Aviation Administration is conducting an investigation.


The engine stalled and crashed nose first? What about the rest of the
airplane?

No doubt the illiterate news reporter heard that the aircraft "stalled" and
assumed that had something to do with the engine.