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Old 11-02-2013 | 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
no fire is a hallmark of fuel starvation accidents.
I second that. Still not enough details to know, but I think the video said they had a IFR plan on file from the Caledonia airport to Troy Michigan. If it was the otherway around Troy to Calendonia then yes, fuel exhausting is highly likely. Thats a 3 hour flight with a fully loaded light twin. If the pilot tried to do than in one leg I cant image much room was left for fuel if it was flown within w&b limits. Cant imagine someone taking off empty. but im sure its happened. Anyway, if there was another reason why it landed in a field with no fire, relatively intact would be intentional landing. Shut the engines off just before landing to help prevent a fire. Or poorly managed engine failure and or drift down. (im not familiar with performance of a twin aztec on one engine with 4 passengers and fuel, possibly overloaded if they are trying a 3 hour leg plus reserves with 4 people on board) Or maybe there was a fire, snuffed out in flight with a shutdown and emergency descent, then landed of course. The picture made it look like it partially flipped. as if the gear dug in or something. Definitely didn't look like a loss of control accident and debris. Looked like a horrible landing into a soft surface.
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