Tomahawk forced landing caught on camera

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Trey Lessard posted the following on the Yahoo Tomahawk group that I thought
ya'll might find interesting:

N2426N is now deceased...it was 'bartered' to one of the folks who
was owed alot of money. The engine was then rebuilt by someone at
KBAZ, and the new owner sold it to my brother and I. My brother had
an engine out at 28 SMOH and put it down in a field in Wimberly, TX.
Total loss...we owned the plane for exactly 17 days and put about 18
hours on it. It was a high time great flyer too...will be missed...
....it was a total loss. Global Aerospace owns it now. The gear collapsed on
both sides and the the wings were both crushed/twisted badly at the fuse.
She also nose dived after popping over a dirt road, so the cowling is
toast...front gear also collapsed, and I'm sure the firewall is probably
jacked up pretty good. I would guess that most of the fuse is salvageable
though.

I do owe her a great debt of gratitude for being such a nimble glider and
getting my brother and my father safely on the ground though. Believe it
or not, a photographer actually got her going down. Here's some
interesting fodder for everyone to see:

The crash sequence is here: www.mason-photography.com

Enter the site (the guy is a pro photographer), go to Gallery, and check
out Plane Crash Sequence and the Cropped versions...

And here is the end result:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2100401712

Trey

[Robert M. Gary]

One possibility brought up by the NTSB is that it may have had too much
air in the tanks.
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20061031X01574&key=1
That may have been a result of the accident as well though.

-Robert

[BT]

funny that an engine would fail at 28SMOH

> wrote in message
...
> Trey Lessard posted the following on the Yahoo Tomahawk group that I
> thought
> ya'll might find interesting:
>
> N2426N is now deceased...it was 'bartered' to one of the folks who
> was owed alot of money. The engine was then rebuilt by someone at
> KBAZ, and the new owner sold it to my brother and I. My brother had
> an engine out at 28 SMOH and put it down in a field in Wimberly, TX.
> Total loss...we owned the plane for exactly 17 days and put about 18
> hours on it. It was a high time great flyer too...will be missed...
> ...it was a total loss. Global Aerospace owns it now. The gear collapsed
> on
> both sides and the the wings were both crushed/twisted badly at the fuse.
> She also nose dived after popping over a dirt road, so the cowling is
> toast...front gear also collapsed, and I'm sure the firewall is probably
> jacked up pretty good. I would guess that most of the fuse is salvageable
> though.
>
> I do owe her a great debt of gratitude for being such a nimble glider
> and
> getting my brother and my father safely on the ground though. Believe it
> or not, a photographer actually got her going down. Here's some
> interesting fodder for everyone to see:
>
> The crash sequence is here: www.mason-photography.com
>
> Enter the site (the guy is a pro photographer), go to Gallery, and check
> out Plane Crash Sequence and the Cropped versions...
>
> And here is the end result:
> http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2100401712
>
> Trey

[Robert M. Gary]

BT wrote:
> funny that an engine would fail at 28 SMOH

Why? The tanks only hold about 4.

-Robert

[Morgans[_2_]]

"BT" > wrote in message
...
> funny that an engine would fail at 28SMOH

Not to the pilot/ owners.
--
Jim in NC

[Newps]

wrote:
> Trey Lessard posted the following on the Yahoo Tomahawk group that I thought
> ya'll might find interesting:

That plane was here at KBIL a couple months ago or so. Bummer.

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BT wrote:
> funny that an engine would fail at 28SMOH
>
> > wrote in message
> ...
> > Trey Lessard posted the following on the Yahoo Tomahawk group that I
> > thought
> > ya'll might find interesting:
> >
> > N2426N is now deceased...it was 'bartered' to one of the folks who
> > was owed alot of money. The engine was then rebuilt by someone at
> > KBAZ, and the new owner sold it to my brother and I. My brother had
> > an engine out at 28 SMOH and put it down in a field in Wimberly, TX.
> > Total loss...we owned the plane for exactly 17 days and put about 18
> > hours on it. It was a high time great flyer too...will be missed...
> > ...it was a total loss. Global Aerospace owns it now. The gear collapsed
> > on
> > both sides and the the wings were both crushed/twisted badly at the fuse.
> > She also nose dived after popping over a dirt road, so the cowling is
> > toast...front gear also collapsed, and I'm sure the firewall is probably
> > jacked up pretty good. I would guess that most of the fuse is salvageable
> > though.
> >
> > I do owe her a great debt of gratitude for being such a nimble glider
> > and
> > getting my brother and my father safely on the ground though. Believe it
> > or not, a photographer actually got her going down. Here's some
> > interesting fodder for everyone to see:
> >
> > The crash sequence is here: www.mason-photography.com
> >
> > Enter the site (the guy is a pro photographer), go to Gallery, and check
> > out Plane Crash Sequence and the Cropped versions...
> >
> > And here is the end result:
> > http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2100401712
> >
> > Trey

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Just curious as to what findings there were with the engine?

Ron


BT wrote:
> funny that an engine would fail at 28SMOH
>
> > wrote in message
> ...
> > Trey Lessard posted the following on the Yahoo Tomahawk group that I
> > thought
> > ya'll might find interesting:
> >
> > N2426N is now deceased...it was 'bartered' to one of the folks who
> > was owed alot of money. The engine was then rebuilt by someone at
> > KBAZ, and the new owner sold it to my brother and I. My brother had
> > an engine out at 28 SMOH and put it down in a field in Wimberly, TX.
> > Total loss...we owned the plane for exactly 17 days and put about 18
> > hours on it. It was a high time great flyer too...will be missed...
> > ...it was a total loss. Global Aerospace owns it now. The gear collapsed
> > on
> > both sides and the the wings were both crushed/twisted badly at the fuse.
> > She also nose dived after popping over a dirt road, so the cowling is
> > toast...front gear also collapsed, and I'm sure the firewall is probably
> > jacked up pretty good. I would guess that most of the fuse is salvageable
> > though.
> >
> > I do owe her a great debt of gratitude for being such a nimble glider
> > and
> > getting my brother and my father safely on the ground though. Believe it
> > or not, a photographer actually got her going down. Here's some
> > interesting fodder for everyone to see:
> >
> > The crash sequence is here: www.mason-photography.com
> >
> > Enter the site (the guy is a pro photographer), go to Gallery, and check
> > out Plane Crash Sequence and the Cropped versions...
> >
> > And here is the end result:
> > http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2100401712
> >
> > Trey

[BT]

based on other reports.. I believe the engine had a problem with too much
air in the fuel tank

BT

> wrote in message
ups.com...
> Just curious as to what findings there were with the engine?
>
> Ron
>
>
> BT wrote:
>> funny that an engine would fail at 28SMOH
>>
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > Trey Lessard posted the following on the Yahoo Tomahawk group that I
>> > thought
>> > ya'll might find interesting:
>> >
>> > N2426N is now deceased...it was 'bartered' to one of the folks who
>> > was owed alot of money. The engine was then rebuilt by someone at
>> > KBAZ, and the new owner sold it to my brother and I. My brother had
>> > an engine out at 28 SMOH and put it down in a field in Wimberly, TX.
>> > Total loss...we owned the plane for exactly 17 days and put about 18
>> > hours on it. It was a high time great flyer too...will be missed...
>> > ...it was a total loss. Global Aerospace owns it now. The gear
>> > collapsed
>> > on
>> > both sides and the the wings were both crushed/twisted badly at the
>> > fuse.
>> > She also nose dived after popping over a dirt road, so the cowling is
>> > toast...front gear also collapsed, and I'm sure the firewall is
>> > probably
>> > jacked up pretty good. I would guess that most of the fuse is
>> > salvageable
>> > though.
>> >
>> > I do owe her a great debt of gratitude for being such a nimble glider
>> > and
>> > getting my brother and my father safely on the ground though. Believe
>> > it
>> > or not, a photographer actually got her going down. Here's some
>> > interesting fodder for everyone to see:
>> >
>> > The crash sequence is here: www.mason-photography.com
>> >
>> > Enter the site (the guy is a pro photographer), go to Gallery, and
>> > check
>> > out Plane Crash Sequence and the Cropped versions...
>> >
>> > And here is the end result:
>> > http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2100401712
>> >
>> > Trey
>

[Neil Gould]

Recently, BT > posted:

> based on other reports.. I believe the engine had a problem with too
> much air in the fuel tank
>
Is this a round-about way of saying they ran out of fuel? ;-)

Neil

[Matt Whiting]

Neil Gould wrote:
> Recently, BT > posted:
>
>
>>based on other reports.. I believe the engine had a problem with too
>>much air in the fuel tank
>>
>
> Is this a round-about way of saying they ran out of fuel? ;-)
>
> Neil
>
>

Yes.