File a NASA report.The FAA website will tell you what that is. Basically it is a get out of jail free card. Then talk to the contractor about the repairs. If the repair was bad enough to remove your nose wheel the runway should not have been open. --- Joseph H Horton <joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com> wrote:
> Well it was bound to happen I guess, We were > suppose to have rain > all day and I woke up to clear blue and light north > wind. So off to the > airport for a morning flight that I love so much. > They have been working > on the site development for the past 2 months and in > doing so had to put > 4 storm lines across the runway which was done at > night and patched with > blacktop. The patches had not been to bad but this > past week I noticed > that they were getting a little rougher. I taxied to > the departure end > and had to wait awhile for warm up when I was > waiting I had opened the > canopy a little bit for some air to move through the > cockpit. When then > engine hit temps I called departure and headed down > the runway. Soon > after hitting full throttle I remembered the canopy > latches and reached > over the lock and quickly changed my mind and > decided to abort take off. > I reduced throttle and started applying brakes ( > probably@ about 50 mph). > All this at just about the same instance that I hit > the first pipe > crossing. There was a loud bang and bounce up on the > nose and then the > sudden nose drop to the pavement with the prop > disintegrating instantly. > Throttle was already at idle and brakes already > applied. There was the > loud grinding as the plane slid to a stop ( about 75 > yards), I was > certain that it was the bottom of the new cowl > sanding itself down. I > shut off fuel and master and then ignition switch al > befor I had stopped. > I am not positive if the engine quit at prop struck > or was still > running. I think running because I seem to remember > some shaking. > There was not a soul around so I got out and > pulled her off the > runway. I ended up only a few feet from the turn > off. As it turned out > the nose wheel busted completely off shearing the > pivot bolt off clean at > the weld. The nose strut failed and folded at the > vertical bend directly > above the nose wheel but thankfully it kept the > cowl, spinner and exhaust > pipes off the ground. The visible damage is limited > to the strut and > hardware and the nose wheel fairings. > I don't know how long I will be out of > commission. This just was > not in the budget for the summer. > Have to go back to the airport now , I just got a > call from the site > contractor, actually a good friend so i guess > someone saw what happened. > This probably means a report to write to the > authorities. > > Joe Horton > Coopersburg, Pa. > joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > krnet-le...@mylist.net > Post photos, introductions, and For Sale items to > http://www.kr2forum.com/phpBB2/index.php > please see other KRnet info at > http://www.krnet.org/info.html > ____________________________________________________________________________________Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/
