----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- Hi Leslie, We don't know yet the age or gender of any of the occupants. It could have been Mama, Daddy and a small child. If so, the child could have been in the back or on Mama's lap. (Or Daddy's lap, depending on who was flying.) My first guess was 'over gross' and a departure stall. Or, if it was a child and in someone's lap, the child could have grabbed or bumped the wheel and pushed it forwaard. The FAA report said 50-100 feet, at this height they wouldn't have time to recover if the wheel was nudged forward. It could have been engine failure or fuel starvation. There are still to few details for us to do anything more than 'guess' what happened. Another 'maybe'....it happened at 2245hrs. Was the pilot experienced at night flying? Or were they visiting someone and it got dark on them and they tried to go home anyway and perhaps weren't 'night-experienced' and without the visual referrences that they was used to while flying during the day they simply climbed to steep and ran out of power, when the nose dropped they were to low and to slow to recover. Since it was a 415C, it probably had a C-75 for power. Not always, but 'ususally' if it's got 85hp it would be a 415D. Anyway, like I just said, to many 'ifs' and not enough 'facts'. I just hope that we eventually find out the full story so we can all learn from it.
Bob Saville N161LH 3B9 wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > It would be hard to carry 3 persons who weren't toddlers at any elevation in > any 'Coupe. I'm having a hard time figuring out where the third one was; is > there a child seat available for that model 'Coupe? > > Leslie Holbrook > Alon A2 N161LH (Flying Colors #1) > Chester, CT 3B9 > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. > > __________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___________________________________________________________ > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
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