Donald, Ed. I must agree here. The one take off accident that I knew the plane in very detail and that I had first hand witnesses reports, the pilot did not do a run up check. By the end of the runway, the plane was out of gas and too fast to stop now, they had to take off to make it over the fence. Then crash.
Many of the accidents are fuel related. The Ercoupe with it's header tank should eliminate some of the problems, but it does not substitute for the run-up. Here in Germany I rarely see the folks putting their plane on hold for a run up check. I think they don't understand or never got taught the insurance they get with a proper check. I think with a properly done run-up one cut down the number of take off accidents by 90 %. I will revise my checklist http://www.ercoupe.info/uploads/Main/Checklist_415.pdf soon to make the important items stand out more. Hartmut From: Donald Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 3:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Takeoff power loss accidents - how to avoid It has been my opinion that a good runup might eliminate some. I have a friend two hangars down, who routinely pulls his plane out, starts it up and immediately taxis to midfield (where our hangars are located) and turns onto the active and full throttles a takeoff on half runway. Sure seems to be asking for trouble to my way of thinking. --- In [email protected], "Ed Burkhead" <e...@...> wrote: > > > > Mike thanks for the cleaned-up translation of the Portugal preliminary > report. That was completely readable. It sounds like an excellent > preliminary report. > > > > I don't like the number of power-loss on takeoff accidents. I'll make a WAG > that 90%+ are fuel supply related. Would those who have constructive > suggestions post a thread on preventing takeoff power loss? How about we > conspire to make a good checklist? > > > > Ed >
