Dear All, I am very sory to hear about Colin. I will share some details of my experience to help understand Colons; I had about 13 5 hours of flight time on my plane when I hard landed. The day before the incident, I flew 2.5 hours of blissful and exhilarating flight, I miss my plane! The day of the incident I peflighted the plane and took off at around 1115. On departure the engine hesitated. I was past the point of safe landing, so I continued to the end of the runway maintaining altitude, airspeed around 80 mph, and engine at idle. At the end of the runway I made a tight left hand, button hook turn to the runway. Straight ahaed was trees and i didnt want to land in the trees. In the turn i lost airpeed and altitude. I remember thinking that I was going to need power to get out of the decent I was in. I don't remember anything else. There was no damage to the airport property, houses, airport fuel farm, fences etc. Medics arrived and said that I was contious. I was life flighted to the best trauma hospital where they determined that I had 7 broken ribs, a broken hip, 2 punctured lungs. I hope to be released in a few days. I hope this doesn't discourage anyone, as soon as I am better I will build again.
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/20170630/plane-crashes-in-baker-pilot-ok Collins airplane looked more in tact than mine. Good luck Colin! Joe NunleyBaker Fl N269HJ KR2 -------- Original message --------From: Stef den Boer via KRnet <[email protected]> Date: 7/12/17 3:00 AM (GMT-06:00) To: KRnet <[email protected]> Cc: Stef den Boer <[email protected]> Subject: Re: KR> Colin Hales So sad, Again I feel sick in my stomach, 2 kr2 in les than 2weeks. All the best Colin, glad you are alive. Sorry for the last of your bird. Stef > Op 11 juli 2017 om 22:18 schreef Mark Jones via KRnet <[email protected]>: > > > So sad to hear of his misfortune. Appears he has a broken hip. Here is another > link to view. > http://www.pprune.org/private-flying/596908-colin-hales-crashes-japan.html > > Mark Jones (N886MJ) > Dunedin, FL > > E-mail: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected]
