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Anvilbrother

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Boy, I really screwed that one up! It was N141PV.

Sorry!

NickD :)BASE 194

NTSB Identification: LAX92MA183 .
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 47532.
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Wednesday, April 22, 1992 in PERRIS, CA
Probable Cause Approval Date: 8/5/1993
Aircraft: de Havilland DHC-6-200, registration: N141PV
Injuries: 16 Fatal, 6 Serious.
THE GROUND LOADER HAD FUELED THE AIRPLANE FROM THE AIRPORT FUEL TRUCK. HE STATED THAT THE FLIGHT CREW DID NOT SUMP THE FUEL TANKS AFTER THEY WERE FUELED. IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF THE RIGHT ENGINE LOST POWER, THE RIGHT WING LOWERED TO ABOUT 90 DEG, AND THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. THEN FORWARD FUEL TANK, WHICH PROVIDES FUEL TO THE RIGHT ENGINE, WAS FOUND TO CONTAIN ABOUT 8 GALS OF A HEAVILY CONTAMINATED MIXTURE COMPOSED OF WATER, AN EMULSIFYING AGENT, AND BACTERIAL GROWTH. THE FUEL FROM THE AIRPORT FUEL TRUCK AND MAIN UNDERGROUND TANK CONTAINED THE SAME MIXTURE. FUEL HAD BEEN TRANSFERED FROM THE UNDERGROUND TANK TO THE TRUCK ON THE EVENING PRECEDING THE ACCIDENT. THE LEFT PROPELLER CONTROL WAS FOUND SEIZED IN THE FEATHER POSITION; LEFT PROPELLER BLADES IN THE NEAR-FEATHER POSITION.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:

THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S INADVERTENT FEATHERING OF THE WRONG PROPELLER FOLLOWING AN ENGINE POWER LOSS, AND THE FAILURE OF THE OPERATOR TO ASSURE THAT THE PILOT WAS PROVIDED WITH ADEQUATE TRAINING IN THE AIRPLANE. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: WATER CONTAMINATION OF FUEL IN THE AIRPORT STORAGE TANKS, THE OPERATOR'S LACK OF FUEL QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES, IMPROPER FUEL SERVICING, IMPROPER PREFLIGHT BY THE PILOT(S), AND EXCEEDING THE GROSS WEIGHT/FORWARD CG LIMITS OF THE AIRPLANE.

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N69BS

Bravo Sierra was the Cessna 182 I flew at my DZs and at others around the Northeast.

As many jumpers probably know, it is customary for a pilot to respond to transmissions from a tower or ATC with the last two characters of the number.

I always got a kick out responding with "BS"

On many occasions I had other pilots on an ATC frequency say with lots of laughter, "That's the best number I've ever heard!"

Although I don't have the numbers on an aircraft at present, I have the number reserved in my name.

The $10 a year I spend to reserve the number with the FAA is worth every penny.

"BS"
Guru312

I am not DB Cooper

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