I own and fly a Piper PA28R-200. I believe the plane in the Austin Crash was a Piper PA28-235. This airplane has the same fuselage and wing design as my plane but is fixed gear with a slightly bigger engine. The total maximum weight for this type of aircraft is about 2600 lbs including fuel, pilot and passengers. Depending on the year, it would carry a maximum of 50-75 gallons of fuel at takeoff. It's not like an airliner crashed into this building. I could do a lot more damage with my pickup truck.
Michael Ricks Katco Fire Sprinkler Design P.O. Box 607 555 South 100 East Salem, UT 84653 801-423-3096 Cell: 801-380-4651 -----Original Message----- From: Rod DiBona [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 4:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Austin crash Will be interesting to see if there are any follow up comments. Designed to handle this?....NO ......Possibility of helping to contain? Certainly. Rod DiBona -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd - FPDC Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 9:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Austin crash From a report on CNN, the Austin fire marshal credited the buildings fire protection system with helping contain the damage. It would be interesting to find out what he is talking about. A plane crashing into a building I would think is outside the scope of what sprinklers are designed to handle. Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
