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From: John and
Alice Tumblin
To: FLYIN
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 3:27 PM
Subject: Coupe in a Pond.
Last Saturday I was landing for the first time at a
fly-in on a small grass strip at Cox Airport, a nice flying community near
Raleigh, NC. Being a bit anxious on a close
right-hand approach, I made a WRONG split-second decision, did not go around,
landed long, and found virtually no braking on the grass, which was wet.
When It was certain that I was going into a little pond at the end of the runway
I deliberately ground-looped the nice Coupe and slid backwards into
the edge of the pond. Plane floated a while, then began to settle as a nice
resident named Wayne brought over his lifting equipment, attached a strong line
to the prop, pulled it gently up and out, then lent me his hangar until my
mechanic can go and do his magic on it. No structural damage, but the
sudden stoppage of the prop into the mud may require an engine tear-down to
inspect the crankshaft. Weeping, John, N3760H, '47 415C. Thank God for Wayne and
several other helpful EAA Chapter 1114 folks, who treated me like a real
brother.
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