Denver incident??

[CaptainBrazilia]

Local ABC affiliate had a tag-line at the bottom of the screen during a sit-com talking about a "commuter airplane incident" that closed a major highway here.

Anyone know anything?

 

[CaptainBrazilia]

According to another channel: Mitsubishi MU-2

Not a "commuter." Sorry if that alarmed anyone. Blasted media.

Prayers to those involved, never-the-less.

 

[FL000]

Two Dead In Centennial Plane Crash
Pilot Reported Trouble On Takeoff

POSTED: 9:21 pm MST December 10, 2004
UPDATED: 9:52 pm MST December 10, 2004

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. -- Two people are dead in the crash of a twin-engine turboprop plane near the south end of Centennial Airport.

The pilot had just cleared the runway when he radioed that he had an emergency and was attempting to return the airport. The aircraft slammed into a parking lot of the Meridian Office Park, slid into a field and burst into flames, according to Tim Moore, a spokesman for the Douglas County Sheriff's Office..

Moore identified the plane as a Mitsubishi MU-2, a type of aircraft used by businesses for light cargo.

The accident happened shortly before 8 p.m. about a half mile from the airport.

A pilot who landed just before the accident told reporters he heard the radio conversation between the plane and the tower.

"He said, 'I need to shut an engine down, roll the trucks'" Mike Postel said, referring to the pilot's request for emergency crews to meet the plane at the runway. That conversation indicated that the pilot was apparently going to attempt an emergency landing with only one engine.

A small fire broke out in the rear of the plane when it crashed, but a large part of the aircraft remained intact.

Debbie Taylor of the Federal Aviation Administration's Emergency Operations center in Seattle, identified the flight as Americheck Flight 900. It was unclear where it was heading.

 

[061984]

What's the deal with that airplane? It seems as though we lose a couple a year.

 

[328dude]

Kinda of becomes a handful on a single engine. People get killed in it when they get slow in it.

 

[Dave Benjamin]

Local ABC affiliate had a tag-line at the bottom of the screen during a sit-com talking about a "commuter airplane incident" that closed a major highway here.

Anyone know anything?

Shortly after the SKYW DEN domicile opened the media ran a tag-line saying "United Express commuter plane crashes near Boulder." Friends of mine were flying out of DEN at the time so I was highly concerned to say the least.

The next day the truth emerged. A single engine Cessna had crashed. Of course the media offered no apology to SKYW employees or friends and relatives of passengers who may have been flying SkyWest that day. The media shows utter lack of responsibility for accuracy in reporting.

 

[blzr]

THe MU-2 can be a hand full on one engine. I believe you have to keep the gear down until you reach 180kts. If you clean the airplane up it becomed quite unstable under 180kts on one engine.

 

[328dude]

Actually BLZR, you have it backwards. Once you take off in the Moo, you have to get as fast as possible in case you tank one. The long body gear and it's doors do not help at all on a single engine.

I lost a prop over Texas years back and was only able to hold 500 ft a minute in the descent on a single engine (gear up), after throwing the gear on short final, it abruptly went to 1600 FPM at which I hit the ground at.

The sooner the gear comes up and the doors close, the better. Period

Reese teaches a .357 rule to live by on the Moo. If you cork it, DONT TOUCH THE YOKE. Kinda hard to get used to. You start fighting the roll rate with the spoilers, your dead below 130 kts.

 

[Standby 1]

Yes, it was an ACT Mistsi that went down....I used to fly for this company and one of the pilots was a friend and former student. To be honest, I can't say that this is a suprise. Friends of mine at their mx base at Front Range Airport tell me that the day prior mx was working on one of the engines all day. Obviously the a/c made it over to Centennial okay, but the takeoff out of there was fatal.


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