I had a similar accident last year with a slow rollover that crushed the turtledeck and broke off the tail. Wings and Spars were fine. The KR is a tough bird...to a point.
Craig N886MJ N6423B > On July 3, 2020 at 8:08 AM Mark Langford via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> > wrote: > > > David Stacchini wrote: > > > It looks really promising, but I’m nervous about an airplane that has > been > > in an accident. How hard is it to inspect the wing spars for “hidden” > > damage? > > Dave, I have personal knowledge of that plane, and I would not worry > about it for a second. What happened is that Jim added ram air to the > carb, but with an unvented float bowl, the way it worked out is that the > increased pressure in the carb throat as the plane gained speed > prevented fuel from leaving the float bowl (at least that was our > theory) and the engine quit as he was turning downwind. It was running > fine before this, and it was running fine after the ram air was > disconnected. Problem is that it was a one-way runway at the _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. 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 krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
