RE: Kitfox mishap in Colorado


Subject:    RE: Kitfox mishap in Colorado
From:    Michel Verheughe (michel@online.no)
Date:    Wed Nov 26 - 12:02 PM
> From: Bob Brennan [matronics@bob.brennan.name]
> Propeller went in reverse??

When I got my heart attack in July and lost my pilot license, I was preparing my
big annual trip to Belgium planned for the 6th of Sept. Then a Finnish friend
told me he would come and pick me up with his homebuilt Europa plane. As September
can close and I didn't hear from him; knowing  he was already on an European
tour, the news came in:
His propeller went into reverse as he took off from an Austrian airfield and crashed
at the end of the runway. His plane bursted in flames and he made it but
... suffered severe third degree burns and lost an eye.
So yes, apparently those things can happen with in-flight pitch adjustable props.
... and no, Lynn, it was surely not a Jabiru engine; we can't have variable pitch
props.

Cheers,
Michel Verheughe
Norway
Kitfox 3 - Jabiru 2200 - flying sometimes as a PAX

Do not archive

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