The 172S I flew to get my PPL was destroyed a month later, killing all 4(yes, four!) people at Gisborne, Victoria. Too heavy, too hot (35 celsius), too low, too young and inexperienced...
@elghian That's pretty sad.I can't understand why a pilot would seriously overload an airplane and,seemingly,not think that anything bad is going to happen.
@wlfpckrs Me too,my flight school used to take them off if they got banged up by hard landings.Lately they have been keeping them on and I agree that the planes looks better with them.
Ouch!! Glad the two occupants were OK. Speaks well for the structural integrity of that design. Sad to lose the plane, though. My instructor (flying solo) had his freshly-overhauled HKS quit when 50 feet off the runway (bent pushrod, it turned out); he turned slightly, and landed safely on the grass RWY. He always told me, "If the engine quits, I want the following landing to be my best one ever..."
@Jamesfromnyc I don't remember exactly how many hours.I think it was over 1,600 hrs. The NTSB and a team from Rotax have determined that a two-piece welded exhaust valve broke inside the engine (possibly a bad weld).The broken valve then caused the cylinder-head to start coming loose,leading to the failure of the engine while in flight.
Thank you. The CTLS is a very strong airplane. The entire hull is made of a carbon composite material. The name CTLS stands for composite light sport.
The 172S I flew to get my PPL was destroyed a month later, killing all 4(yes, four!) people at Gisborne, Victoria. Too heavy, too hot (35 celsius), too low, too young and inexperienced...
elghian 1 month ago
@elghian That's pretty sad.I can't understand why a pilot would seriously overload an airplane and,seemingly,not think that anything bad is going to happen.
dronald777 1 month ago
I like it better with the wheel pants.
wlfpckrs 4 months ago
@wlfpckrs Me too,my flight school used to take them off if they got banged up by hard landings.Lately they have been keeping them on and I agree that the planes looks better with them.
dronald777 4 months ago
Ouch!! Glad the two occupants were OK. Speaks well for the structural integrity of that design. Sad to lose the plane, though. My instructor (flying solo) had his freshly-overhauled HKS quit when 50 feet off the runway (bent pushrod, it turned out); he turned slightly, and landed safely on the grass RWY. He always told me, "If the engine quits, I want the following landing to be my best one ever..."
sortashaman 9 months ago
This is a correction to my response to jamesfromnyc.I was incorrect when I said the engine had 1,600 hrs.It was actually around 690 hrs.
dronald777 9 months ago
How many hours on the engine?
Jamesfromnyc 10 months ago
@Jamesfromnyc I don't remember exactly how many hours.I think it was over 1,600 hrs. The NTSB and a team from Rotax have determined that a two-piece welded exhaust valve broke inside the engine (possibly a bad weld).The broken valve then caused the cylinder-head to start coming loose,leading to the failure of the engine while in flight.
dronald777 10 months ago
If anyone would like to read about this accident just do a google search on Willard plane crash.
dronald777 1 year ago
or N30LK
jonathan144x 3 months ago
Thank you. The CTLS is a very strong airplane. The entire hull is made of a carbon composite material. The name CTLS stands for composite light sport.
dronald777 1 year ago