> Bad news from today's AOPA epilot news. Thankfully, nobody was
> seriously injured.
>
> Mark S.
>
>
> MISTRAL ENGINE PROTOTYPE CRASHES IN FLORIDA
> A Piper Arrow powered by a prototype Mistral
> ( http://www.mistral-engines.com/ ) rotary aircraft engine crashed
> after the
> engine lost power following takeoff from Palatka Municipal-Lt. Kay
> Larkin
> Field in Florida. The owner, retired physician Stephen Roth of
> Deland, Fla.,
> received minor injuries. The aircraft was used in 2004 for engine
> testing
> (
> http://www.aopa.org/members/files/pilot/epilot/2004/040409epilot.html
> ) at
> Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla.
>
>
> Dang!!! Real bad news. Glad to see your OK Steve.
>
> I hope it was highly insured.
>
> What date was that Mark? I do not have an AOPA password as I am not
> a member.
>
> As far as I can tell the NTSB has no record yet.
> http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/AccList.asp?month=5&year=2008
<http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/AccList.asp?month=5&year=2008>
> <http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/AccList.asp?month=5&year=2008
<http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/AccList.asp?month=5&year=2008>>
>
> What happened Francois?
>
> BTW Steve, I did not know you were a physician. I thought you were
> a Phd ex
> Embry Riddle.
>
>
> Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
>
>
> Paul,
>
> Its from today's AOPA epilot newsletter, i.e. Hot off the press.
>
> Mark
>
> So it happened today?
> Did they say the date of the crash?
>
> Steve, please tell us what happened when and if you read this and if
> you can.

Here's the story in the Jacksonville News...with a rather fast video
(well, playing at a frame rater different than it was recorded, so it
LOOKS fast <G>)

www.news4jax.com/news/16474292/detail.html
<http://www.news4jax.com/news/16474292/detail.html>

Harley Dixon

I am glad Steve is OK.

If you can capture that video Harley and convert to wmv or mpeg that
would be great.

"PALATKA, Fla. -- A small plane crashed Tuesday morning in woods about
two miles
from Palatka's municipal airport, but the pilot was pulled from the burning
aircraft before he was seriously hurt.

The Piper Aero aircraft went down about 9:30 a.m. near the intersection of
St. Johns Avenue and Moody Road. The fuselage made it to the ground and
caught fire, but a wing was stripped off and was lodged in a tree,
according
to Putnam County Sheriff's Office Maj. Keith Riddick.

Pilot Stephen Roth, 61, of Deland, was the only person on board.

Several witnesses, including a former Marine pulled Roth from the cockpit
and put hour a small engine fire.

"I just took the first course of action, and just tried to get the
gentleman out -- not worrying about the fire," said James de Cordova.

Roth, a retired physician, was transported to Putnam Community Hospital
with minor injuries. He was treated and released and returned to
the scene to collected personal items from the wreckage.

Authorities said plane had just taken off from Kay Larkin Field when
it developed engine trouble and Roth turned back toward the airport.
He crashed short of the runway.

The two-seat plane went down just across St. Johns Avenue from
the student services building of St. Johns River Community College.
Witnesses said the plane narrowly missed one of the college buildings.

"He missed this building by only two or three foot and swooped right
over the power lines," Jim Bradley told Channel 4's John Dunlap.
"He tried to turn up in between them trees, and it was just over from
there."

According to a Federal Aviation Administration database, the plane
was manufactured in 1978 and owned by Mistral Engines USA Inc. in Deland.

The Florida Highway Patrol is handling the local investigation,
but the FAA would be determining the cause of the crash."

End of quote.

I hope enough is left to determine the cause.
I wonder if somebody put Jet A in?
It looks like a turbo prop engine to me.

Paul Lamar

Paul, the running for only a short time is a classic Jet A problem! It
will be interesting to find out.
Bill Jepson

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