http://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/plane-crash-in-grande-prairie-two-injured-1.1959809

From A1Skinner's neck of the woods.....Pilot reported that flying in haze caused his airplane to burn more fuel that expected, resulting in the engine finally quitting before getting to an airport. Looks like he had a few jugs in the plane.

Wonder if he wants to sell the tires?





(Edited title, managed to misspell both "Grand" and "Prairie" in the subject title, even with them staring at me in the URL link)

Karmutzen wrote:http://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/plane-crash-in-grande-prairie-two-injured-1.1959809

From A1Skinner's neck of the woods.....Pilot reported that flying in haze caused his airplane to burn more fuel that expected, resulting in the engine finally quitting before getting to an airport. Looks like he had a few jugs in the plane.

Wonder if he wants to sell the tires?

Yeah, you gotta watch there hazy-condition-increased-fuel-burn scenario, dontchaknow...

I REALLY hope there is more to this story. I would love to give these guys the benefit of the doubt...

The ctsb already concluded the investigation. Ran out of fuel. Lucky that there were ball diamonds there, as it could've easily been houses. I'd love to know if there is a science behind burning more fuel in haze. I can't imagine there is, but it'd give me a good reason to tell the wife why the 180 is burning lots of fuel this summer...
I was wondering if they'd wanna sell the tires to a local, as I'm in need of a set.
Btw, its Grande Prairie, not Grand. Haha. Just being nit picky Karmutzen.

A1Skinner wrote: I'd love to know if there is a science behind burning more fuel in haze. I can't imagine there is, but it'd give me a good reason to tell the wife why the 180 is burning lots of fuel this summer...

It's called getting lost because you can't see where you are going and running out of fuel because of it

CW

When in danger.
When in doubt.
Fly in circles.
And scream and shout.

Until ya run outta gas and crash....

Gump

I ran out of gas twice, and I had to pee every two hours. It happens.

contactflying wrote:I ran out of gas twice, and I had to pee every two hours. It happens.

I realize that it happens, I'm just curious if haze actually increases fuel burn. otherwise just say I screwed up and ran out of gas.

I'm just curious if haze actually increases fuel burn.

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, no.

Getting lost and wandering around for longer than your planned flight increases the amount of fuel burned.

Gump

Ya, I was pretty sure thats what happened. To bad, looked like a nice plane.

Deleted, not relevant.

Tcj, the haze is from forest fire smoke, not moisture.

I like it, I'm going to put that in my list of possible excuses if ever needed. Right along with "there was too much air in the fuel tanks", and "I landed on this road (or wherever) because of carberator ice (or other perceived mechanical problem. This guy was thinking on his feet, sort of. We know better though.