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Another Plane Crashes At Chicago Exec. Tuesday Evening
WHEELING, Ill. (CBS) – A twin-engine Beechcraft crashed just north of Chicago Executive Airport, in Wheeling, Tuesday evening... (chicago.cbslocal.com) المزيد...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Maybe they only put 5 bucks worth in. Times are tough!
I looked up the spec the estimate for fuel burn is 75gph at altitude
then they should not have been flying a KA...lol
I believe the pictures do led to some clues. The prop is not bent (the only one that is bent is the one that is down due to the weight of the airplane leaning on it) so we know it wasn't turning on impact. He also landed short of the field so skidding off the runway or overshooting are also not an option. (KPWK 260052Z 14003KT 9SM VCTS CLR 24/21 A2984 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E AND SE TSE09B29 SLP100 T02390206) I listened to the ATC audio (LiveATC) and he gives no mention to an issue he just says, "2JR we ain't going to make it. 2JR we ain't going to make it ...few seconds later....we ain't going to make it 2JR! Dammm...We are going to be on the road!" Not making the field and landing less than a 1/2 mile short of the field with a dual engine failure seems odd in a King Air with no previously reported engine problem(s) to ATC. My guess is fuel starvation for one reason or another. Additional, the right wing was almost completely torn off. I would think if there had a been a significant amount of fuel. They would have been foaming the area and evacuating.
If you listen to the ATC audio what I find most interesting is the tower controller seeming to not respond at N92JR distress calls. Granted he didn't say "MAY DAY, MAY DAY, MAY DAY." He tells him the winds are calm and then proceeds to give tell another aircraft he will be out of here shortly as there is a King Air on a 1/2 mile final. Then after 2JR makes another distress call...He asks another aircraft if he heard those strange transmissions.
If you listen to the ATC audio what I find most interesting is the tower controller seeming to not respond at N92JR distress calls. Granted he didn't say "MAY DAY, MAY DAY, MAY DAY." He tells him the winds are calm and then proceeds to give tell another aircraft he will be out of here shortly as there is a King Air on a 1/2 mile final. Then after 2JR makes another distress call...He asks another aircraft if he heard those strange transmissions.
Interesting.... Fuel starvation sounds like a very good alternative... no pilot wants to admit he ran out of gas over the radio, so I would say that is a strong possibility... does anyone have the full tail number?
N92JR
Thankyou.. By tracing his flight, he just needed a few hundred more feet of altitude and he probably would have made ie... See http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N92JR and also note the new Google Earth icon (or at least I just noted it). Shows the flight path very clearly.
Fuel starvation was the cause according to a friend who knows the pilot
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