Engine Problem May Have Led to Fatal Plane Crash, Preliminary Report Says
by Contributor | December 20, 2011 6:58 am
A preliminary report from federal investigators says that people heard what sounded like motor problems with the hand-built plane that crashed in a Fulton field Dec. 1.
The crash[1] killed the plane’s builder and owner, John R. Wing of Richland. He built the Wittman Tailwind W10[2] from a kit and was taking it on its second flight when the crash occurred.
He had received a license to begin flying the plane in early November and was trying to put in the 40 hours of air time needed for a permanent license, the report said[3].
“According to several eyewitnesses, the airplane engine was cutting in and out and then the airplane was observed in a nose down attitude prior to impact,” the report noted.
The plane first hit a 100 foot tall tree. It hit the ground nose first with an impact hard enough to drive the engine three feet into the ground.
A preliminary report is usually issued within days of an air accident. A final report will come several months to a year later, after airplane parts and other evidence are studied.
- The crash: https://oswegocountytoday.com/?p=75031
- Wittman Tailwind W10: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittman_Tailwind
- the report said: http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20111201X54000&key=1
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