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Tutor

Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 7:03 am
by spacemen
Anyone know what went wrong with the Tutor that landed in the field at Byards leap yesterday ?

Re: Tutor

Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 12:47 pm
by Thor
Give it a few days until the investigation initial report is out. The issue was at the front end of the aircraft, but until the actual area of failure and the failure mode is identified, there's not much point speculating.

Re: Tutor

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:53 pm
by idontgotouniversity
I will speculate thatthe prop fell off.
:Oops:

Re: Tutor

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 11:00 am
by Thor
idontgotouniversity wrote:I will speculate thatthe prop fell off.
:Oops:
You'd be about 30% right ;)

Re: Tutor

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 11:37 am
by Proudscot
Can confirm prop parted company with aircraft. Grob fleet grounded pending enquiry.

Re: Tutor

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 11:39 am
by Proudscot
one blade parted company sorry......

Re: Tutor

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 12:00 pm
by flyingslug_0
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