Lancaster California: Another Fatal Cirrus Crash

On 10 Jan 2006 22:23:21 -0800, "cpu" wrote in
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1. From the local TV news,

Perhaps that story is available on their web-site. Can you provide
the TV station's web address?

the plane's engine quited when it turned crosswind. It immediately
dove down to the ground after engine quit.

That observation would be consistent with a stall/spin.

2. Prior to the crash, it's done many touch and go on the William Fox
Field (KWJF).

3. Note that the temporature here in Southern California was over 76
degree in downtown LA. I would guess it must be close to high 80 or
even 90s in the desert. (The crash happend on 1:40PM)

4. From the TV news, local sheriff saw the chute ejected after it hit
the ground. But can't be determined by official yet.

5. The plane was a rental at VNY Gene Hudson Aviation.

My friend's SR22 had experienced engine quit last summer when he took
off from Las Vegas in a hot day, with fully loaded, with air-condition
turned on. It was caused by engine vapor lock. Fortuntely he ws high
and was close to JEAN ( 0L7). He made a successful dead stick landing
at JEAN. His wife on the side sreamed ...pull the chute..pull the
chute...but he did not attempted.

Wouldn't turning the fuel pump on be expected to clear the vapor lock?

Larry Dighera wrote:

Wouldn't turning the fuel pump on be expected to clear the vapor lock?

Interestingly, many of the local A&P comments in response to the 2002 fatal
crash of a Cirrus north of Syracuse, NY, suggested that these high
performance engines were not designed for repeated full power/low power
settings, as what happens over numerous touch and gos or, in the case of
the 2002 crash, repeated stall practice.

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Peter