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SLC -> B25 CRASHES AT PRATTVILLE,AL (9/20/2006 8:59 PM)

I attended the annual IMAA fly-in in Prattville Alabama this past weekend and witnessed the end of this beautiful B-25.

Sam


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tuwood -> RE: B25 CRASHES AT PRATTVILLE,AL (9/20/2006 9:17 PM)

ouch, well the good news is it looks like the injuries were minor.



Ejiro -> RE: B25 CRASHES AT PRATTVILLE,AL (9/20/2006 9:24 PM)

What a pity! I cannot help but wonder how it happened. It appears as though the starboard engine had quit and the pilot was coming in to land only to have those two at the end of the runway.



sillyness -> RE: B25 CRASHES AT PRATTVILLE,AL (9/20/2006 9:45 PM)

Wasn't that the pilot at the end of the runway?



SLC -> RE: B25 CRASHES AT PRATTVILLE,AL (9/20/2006 9:45 PM)

One of the engines quit on the down wind leg after takeoff and they didn't quite make the turn back to the field. I'm not sure who's plane it was but it was nice with electric starters on the engines and a rotating turret on top. The guy whose leg it clipped was ok.
The guy that took the video was from the Chattanooga, Tn area. His name was Allen but I didn't catch his last name.

Sam



LonestarMan -> RE: B25 CRASHES AT PRATTVILLE,AL (9/20/2006 11:41 PM)

[sm=cry_smile.gif][sm=cry_smile.gif][sm=cry_smile.gif][sm=cry_smile.gif][sm=cry_smile.gif][sm=cry_smile.gif][sm=cry_smile.gif][sm=cry_smile.gif][sm=cry_smile.gif] That's why I have G.P. GeeBee that might not ever fly, can't stand the thought of losing it. Rob



JohnVH -> RE: B25 CRASHES AT PRATTVILLE,AL (9/20/2006 11:55 PM)

Looks to me they made the turn back to the field fine, but pilot error, and standing on the runway versus in the pilot stations were the problems.. Looks like it was a nice plane..



RTK -> RE: B25 CRASHES AT PRATTVILLE,AL (9/21/2006 12:19 AM)

Looks to me like he had it made, then the other guy grabbed his arm..............Maybe that is what caused the change in banking.



jeyre -> RE: B25 CRASHES AT PRATTVILLE,AL (9/21/2006 2:40 AM)

I'll fly it for ya Rob [:)][:)][:)]

John



Cyclic Hardover -> RE: B25 CRASHES AT PRATTVILLE,AL (9/21/2006 2:47 AM)

I watched that tape 10 times. Unless there is something we don't know, looks like it was intentional to me. They steered the thing right toward them and stuffed it.



jmiracle -> RE: B25 CRASHES AT PRATTVILLE,AL (9/21/2006 3:02 AM)

yup, i think the guy had it made until his spotter grabbed his arm. looked like it would have rolled out behind the flight line though....hard to tell what was behind him off screen.



LonestarMan -> RE: B25 CRASHES AT PRATTVILLE,AL (9/21/2006 3:08 AM)

Long time no see, had to make a change of scenery___ thangs were "gettin' to hotinher" at the field. you have a nice day___ and no I think the Geebs might be a permanant " hangar queen" Rob...



Roby -> RE: B25 CRASHES AT PRATTVILLE,AL (9/21/2006 12:36 PM)

Too bad on the loss of such a good looking model.
Good to see that no one got hurt.

ARF, kit, plans or scratch built they all look pretty much
the same in the trash can don't they.


Roby



Geistware -> RE: B25 CRASHES AT PRATTVILLE,AL (9/21/2006 1:40 PM)

I missed the guy was pulling on the pilots left arm.
I guess saving your friend is important, but that action was a contributing factor in the crash.
Landing that close is dangerious.
Does anyone know the final result and what the pilot thought caused the crash?



Tim_Indy -> RE: B25 CRASHES AT PRATTVILLE,AL (9/21/2006 3:11 PM)

Definitely a shame, good looking model. I'm thinking that for some reason, the pilot took off standing behind the plane rather than using one of the flight boxes, and that's why he and his spotter were STILL on the runway when he had to land.

The spotter DID grab his arm, but I don't feel that contributed to the crash. Looking at the clip you can see that when the pilot tried to flair, the right wing was down and the plane was turning to the right, BEFORE the spotter grabbed the pilot's arm. The spotter was trying to keep the pilot from getting hit, because the plane was already off course, actually going BEHIND where the pilot was standing, and heading toward the flight stations. Watch the pilot, as the plane approaches, he takes a couple steps back, then realizes the plane is going behind him, and jumps out of the way.

It's a BIG loss of a good looking bird, but the best thing is that the spotter wasn't seriously hurt.



SLC -> RE: B25 CRASHES AT PRATTVILLE,AL (9/21/2006 4:07 PM)

Tim you were right they were behind the plane when it took off and quickly moved to the edge of the runway when one engine quit. There were two guys flying the plane with two different radios and two helpers. I'm not sure how the piloting duties where divided between the two radios.

Sam



jonkoppisch -> RE: B25 CRASHES AT PRATTVILLE,AL (9/21/2006 4:15 PM)

I saw them fly at montgomery. If i remember right, 1 radio controls basic flight controls and the other radio controls the electric starts on the engines, chokes, turret and gear doors?



manks7477 -> RE: B25 CRASHES AT PRATTVILLE,AL (9/21/2006 6:13 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Cyclic Hardover

I watched that tape 10 times. Unless there is something we don't know, looks like it was intentional to me. They steered the thing right toward them and stuffed it.


The plane lost the right engine, it twisted to the right as a result of the uneven thrust.

That was not intentional



sillyness -> RE: B25 CRASHES AT PRATTVILLE,AL (9/21/2006 6:16 PM)

I couldn't hear the audio, no speakers at work, but... most likely scenario... he got slow and low, added power on the operating left engine without coordinated rudder/aileron input (though he was slow enough he may have been below VMCA, or the min control speed for given configuration), and as a result he got the yaw and bank you see in the video that he couldn't recover from. It takes careful coordination on the rudder with 2 engine birds with non-centerline thrust. The same thing has happened to full-scale airplanes like the C-130 several times... you can't get outside the envelope with engines out.



RVM -> RE: B25 CRASHES AT PRATTVILLE,AL (9/21/2006 10:29 PM)

I cringed.



Clarence Creer -> RE: B25 CRASHES AT PRATTVILLE,AL (9/21/2006 10:37 PM)

Hey Guys,
I can not get this video to play.
Any suggestions?

C



DKjens -> RE: B25 CRASHES AT PRATTVILLE,AL (9/22/2006 12:00 AM)

If that was the pilot at the edge of the field, why in the world did he move to that spot? He was going to hit himself, had the airplane not veered right from what I think was the right wing stalling/snapping simply due to pulling to much elevator. I don't think they had the flaps on which is necessary to slow the plane down to a decent landing speed. It came in pretty fast, but not fast enough to take the flare and snapped right. The spotter yanking his left arm could cause him to give left rudder, but I doubt it. Looks to me like a Darwin award or two are in order here: Pilot flyes B25 to hit himself, spotter tryes to save pilot but by doing this causes the plane to hit himself.
DKjens



HighPlains -> RE: B25 CRASHES AT PRATTVILLE,AL (9/22/2006 12:33 AM)

I think the pilots first mistake was cutting the running engine to idle. That increased the drag on the airplane, as a stopped prop has less drag than one running at idle. It also must have been a bit heavy with features like onboard engine starting and operating turrets. Finally, he should have left the gear up until he was stabilized on the final approach, again more drag when he dropped the wheels while in a rather tight slow turn. In the end, it looked like he stalled it.



Whirlyspud -> RE: B25 CRASHES AT PRATTVILLE,AL (9/22/2006 1:41 AM)

Couldashouldawoulda.

Mike



jonkoppisch -> RE: B25 CRASHES AT PRATTVILLE,AL (9/22/2006 2:09 AM)

Try this link

http://f11.putfile.com/videos/25916260514.wmv



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