my sincere sympathies barry , just a few secounds to end our dreams , was yours gravity fed i wonder as well as the boost pump phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Kruyssen" <k...@bigpond.com> To: "'KRnet'" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 12:35 AM Subject: KR> I crashed last Saturday
> Last Saturday I crashed my KR2.....I'm OK and It will fly again. An > extraxt > of the report follows, for the full report > and photos see > http://www.users.bigpond.com/kr2/doco/INCIDENT%20-%20RAAus.doc > > Engine lost power and was missing, it appeared to be running lean like a > fuel blockage and could not climb, the fuel boost pump was turned on, > carby > heat applied and the engine ran better for a while. I continued to climb, > but the engine missing became worse. By throttling back I was able to get > the engine to run smoothly but this would only last for a little while and > the it would miss again, I then changed the throttle settings again (up > and > down) and by throttling back even more it ran better. This continued for a > short while, about 10 minutes, and eventually I was throttled back that > far > that I couldn't maintain altitude. I picked a turf farm paddock but on a > 1000 foot down wind I saw power line so I extend to a plowed paddock which > looked ideal. I did a normal circuit, once on finals I realised that > there > was a contour in the paddock which I couldn't see from the air. I touched > down nicely before the contour but hit the contour with enough speed to > bounce about 20 feet into the air but not enough speed to maintain flight. > I > landed hard and collapsed the undercarriage and the left wing dug into the > ground, then the nose and finally the right wing hit the ground. > > regards > Barry Kruyssen > Cairns, Australia > k...@bigpond.com > http://www.users.bigpond.com/kr2/kr2.htm > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.7.3/350 - Release Date: 28/05/2006 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.7.3/350 - Release Date: 28/05/2006
