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Thanks Mark,
Anytime the pilot walks away is a "good"
landing.
Yes, I met Steve at Sun & Fun this
year. He parked his Mistral powered Arrow next to me and I got to see the
very, very nice Mistral installation. Sure made my installation look
"rustic" {:>). Steve was a really nice guy to chat with and was very
please with the performance of the rotary. Did not mention a single
problem - clearly there was one, but I imagine that as usually happens - it
was probably an auxiliary system (or even possibly operator error) rather than
the engine itself.
Glad to see he was not seriously hurt - any
photos of the accident?
Ed
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 8:42 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Mistral Crash
From today's AOPA epilot news. They state that the engine
lost power on takeoff. Thankfully, the pilot was
unhurt.
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.
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