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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

5th Dec 2014, 05:29

Replies: 102

Plane crash Chelsea?

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Posted By peterc005

Possibly oil on the canopy caused disorientation,...

Possibly oil on the canopy caused disorientation, leading the plane to roll inverted and the contents to fall out.

Strange how there were no radio calls.

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

3rd Dec 2014, 02:07

Replies: 102

Plane crash Chelsea?

Views: 34,649

Posted By peterc005

Interesting point. After a couple of seconds...

Interesting point.

After a couple of seconds inverted the oil pressure would drop and it's likely some oil would be lost from the engine. This might also explain why contents of the plane were...

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

19th Oct 2014, 22:00

Replies: 102

Plane crash Chelsea?

Views: 34,649

Posted By peterc005

Hopefully the ATSB release an Interim Report soon.

Hopefully the ATSB release an Interim Report soon.

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

19th Oct 2014, 10:33

Replies: 102

Plane crash Chelsea?

Views: 34,649

Posted By peterc005

@Squawk7700 - the only things I can think of that...

@Squawk7700 - the only things I can think of that could cause a 9,000 fpm decent are a spin or inflight airframe breakup.

I've seen another comment here that talks about a near 0 horizontal speed...

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

19th Oct 2014, 09:11

Replies: 102

Plane crash Chelsea?

Views: 34,649

Posted By peterc005

One of the YMMB refuellers told me two weeks ago...

One of the YMMB refuellers told me two weeks ago he was degassing one of the big fuel tanks when this RV6A caught fire trying to restart the engine after refuelling.

This caused a panic, but the...

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