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Fri Mar 15, 2013 6:02 pm

Impossible Turn?

Piper crash in Fla. Poor buggers...

http://www.floridatoday.com/viewart/201 ... arking-lot
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Fri Mar 15, 2013 6:10 pm

Re: Impossible Turn?

More likely mismanaging single engine ops in the Navajo...letting it get below VMC with full power on the running engine doesn't usually go well. Who knows though, without an investigation it is all speculation.
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Fri Mar 15, 2013 6:21 pm

Re: Impossible Turn?

littlewheelinback wrote:More likely mismanaging single engine ops in the Navajo...letting it get below VMC with full power on the running engine doesn't usually go well. Who knows though, without an investigation it is all speculation.

Thats what it looked like to me, but for sure to early to tell.
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