Jerry the plane that flipped is my hangar neighbor. It was a Glasair

with 8

cylinder Lycoming twin turbo IO-740. His usual climb rate was 6500

fpm.

He had no insurance and it is about 500K loss. They delivered the

remains

this morning on a trailer. The owner was together with his wife when

it

happened, but they are OK.
Bulent

Jarrett Johnson wrote:

Was that Jawbreaker?  The Glasair III w/ the big shark grin on the

front?

Or is there more than one G-III w/ a 740 in it?

Jarrett Johnson--

If it was JAWBREAKER it was NOT a twin turbo, according to Sport
Aviation/April04.
There it states that Terry Morris tried it first with a direct crive 670
cubic inch V8 with a twin turbo intercooled - 650 hp at 2700 rpm !!!!!!! -
However the problem was the necessary bearing for the prop extension.
Everything fine on the dyno, but in the aircraft with a 5-blade paddle prop
it would only last 1 hour. After a couple of years trying he moved on to
the
720, however it is NOT turbo charged, still with a few parts it makes
(made.... :(( ) about 450 hp at 2700 rpm.

Thomas J:

I was in Terry's hangar this morning. They were cutting up the fuselage and
removing all the salvageable pieces. I noticed the big intercoolers. His
avionics pile is worth more than my airplane. I tried his seats in my plane
and they fit fine, but he wants to keep them as a reminder of his plane.
He was not a happy man, but he was glad to be alive.
Bulent

What broke Bulent causing it to flip?

Paul Lamar

Just before touch down he assumed they told him to side-step to the other
runway, but the controller was talking to someone else. He didn't have
enough altitude, and the nose gear clipped a cement block with a runway
light. The nose gear collapsed, they started to skid, flipped over and
skidded for about 500 feet on their back. Ended up in the grass with
gasoline pouring down. There was a big circle of people watching around the
plane doing nothing for about 10 min. All this time Terry and his wife
hanging comfortably upside down on their seat belts waiting to be burned
alive. Than the fire trucks came, foamed the area and started cutting the
plane to get them out.
Terry received $20K bill from S&F for the HASMAT clean-up bill.

Bulent

Hitting a cement block is something you cannot design for.

Paul Lamar
 
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