Cessna 303 Down in South Bend

http://makeashorterlink.com/?U2931503E

They were returning to Ankeny, IA, after a day business trip. Reports
of engine trouble preceded the crash.

Very sad.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
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They were returning to Ankeny, IA, after a day business trip. Reports
of engine trouble preceded the crash.

Very sad.

Once again, the second engine takes the twin to the site of the crash. Why do
twins continue to crash with an engine failure, from a low altitude airport, in
cool temperatures? Where is the twin reliability and survivability that the two
engines are supposed to give?

It doesn't make sense.
--
Jim in NC

I have never flown a T303. That is the Crusader I'm thinking of? But I
have heard they were underpowered so I would not expect too much single
engine capability. Still a great looking airplane.

John

Jay Honeck wrote:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?U2931503E

They were returning to Ankeny, IA, after a day business trip. Reports
of engine trouble preceded the crash.

Very sad.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

That is sad. I was expecting to read about a plane landing on a road
like the Piper in France.

Ron Lee

Morgans wrote:

Once again, the second engine takes the twin to the site of the crash. Why do
twins continue to crash with an engine failure, from a low altitude airport, in
cool temperatures? Where is the twin reliability and survivability that the two
engines are supposed to give?

The USA Today article mentions fog at the time of the crash so perhaps
engine failure was not the cause. You might need to wait until more facts
come out before jumping to that conclusion.


--
Peter

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Morgans wrote:

Once again, the second engine takes the twin to the site of the crash. Why
do
twins continue to crash with an engine failure, from a low altitude airport,
in
cool temperatures? Where is the twin reliability and survivability that the
two
engines are supposed to give?

The USA Today article mentions fog at the time of the crash so perhaps
engine failure was not the cause. You might need to wait until more facts
come out before jumping to that conclusion.

OK, I had not seen where weather was any factor.
--
Jim in NC

In article , "Morgans"
wrote:

Once again, the second engine takes the twin to the site of the crash. Why
do
twins continue to crash with an engine failure, from a low altitude airport,
in
cool temperatures? Where is the twin reliability and survivability that the
two
engines are supposed to give?

successful one engine out landings in a twin are non-events.

--
Bob Noel
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lawyers will hate

In article ,
"Morgans" wrote:

Where is the twin reliability and survivability that the two
engines are supposed to give?

It isn't the airplane's capabilities, its the pilot's.

On 2006-11-14, Morgans wrote:
Once again, the second engine takes the twin to the site of the crash.
snip where is supposed safety

This is because we don't hear about any of the successful single engine
landings.

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Morgans wrote:
Where is the twin reliability
and survivability that the two engines are supposed to give?


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