What can I say Phil? I'm absolutely gutted for you. Truly gutted. More importantly though I'm glad you escaped any serious injury.
Jamie Duff -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of phil brookman Sent: 29 March 2007 20:37 To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> bad news update up date well we got it all back to the hangar and taking into account eye witness reports of seeing a smallish black thing drop off -- spinner probable causes spinner brackets broke --this is unlikely as i was sanding spinner down for painting hours before so was vigourously rubbing it prop blade failure near hub foreign object hit blade in such a way to cause failure of blade recomendations all spinners have front plate as well as rear one---- mine just had one on rear vigourously pulling pushing prop before take off - checking for anything a miss and spinning prop over with mag off and throttle closed over all 4 cyls checking for compression and right sounds coming out of exhaUST --leaky valve vigourously checking spinner have sent mark jones pickies --they are not nice and you will all probably ask how i got out in one piece best for now phill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Kruyssen" <[email protected]> To: "'KRnet'" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 3:31 AM Subject: RE: KR> bad news > My heart goes out to you Phil. Glad you are all right. It takes true > skill > to walk away from a major incident. I know how you feel, having crashed my > KR2 last May. Best thing I did was go flying the next weekend, took a > check > ride and then off in to the wide blue yonder. > Mine should be ready to fly again an about 3 or so months. > > Regards > Barry Kruyssen > [email protected] > http://www.users.bigpond.com/kr2/kr2.htm > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of phil brookman > Sent: Thursday, 29 March 2007 7:59 AM > To: KRnet > Subject: KR> bad news > > well my fellow aviators approx 3 hrs ago i crashed g -boun and turned this > lovelly little kr into matchwood doing a touch and go and at about 150 ft > massive vibration fron prop and i can seea big chunk out am now lookig for > a > field diasapearing fast and i skip over one hedge brifly touch the wheels > down and straight into the hedge going i feel way to fast i take the hedge > out the engine is about 20 yds away and i am upside down and crawl out few > briuses nothing major so far ambulances police helicoptor arrive o scene > within mins > > cause unkown ar t the moment > witnesses say they saw a black thing dr op off plane as engine missing one > prop blade look as if something had hit it will try to find other blade > tomorrow > > speculation on bird strike > or prop failure > or something hitting blade from some where keepp you posted > phil brookman > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > 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 > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.410 / Virus Database: 268.17.15/659 - Release Date: > 30/01/2007 09:31 > -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 25541 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] 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
