On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Ed Anderson <eanderson@carolina.rr.com> wrote:

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 -----

From: Mark Steitle

To: Rotary motors in aircraft

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.