2 dead after plane leased to Desert Sand Aircraft Leasing crashes at Tara Field

[DieselDragRacer]

2 dead after Twin Otter leased to Desert Sand Aircraft Leasing crashes at Tara Field

RIP

http://www.ajc.com/news/henry/22-dead-after-plane-865146.html

 

[DieselDragRacer]

I just heard from a pilot at Tara Field that the plane had a known engine problem this am before this incident.

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

If only a DHC-6 could fly with one engine.

 

[belchfire]

If only a DHC-6 could fly with one engine.

When one thinks of the loads carried by a 300 Hp single engine plane in AK and compares that to what is carried by a machine with two each 600 Hp engines, there may well be a grain of truth to that...

And it might even work when it's -20F outside!

 

[rettofly]

If only a DHC-6 could fly with one engine.

A long time ago in another life, I actually had BOS Center (or was it BDL Approach?) ask me if we had both engines running in a DHC6-300. 60Kt headwind at 8000 ft en route from LEB to LGA. I'm not sure they were kidding.

 

[DieselDragRacer]

Report finds no ‘catastrophic' failures in fatal Henry plane crash

http://www.ajc.com/news/henry/report-finds-no-catastrophic-879956.html