Looks like the Kingcobra will need some TLC

[RyanShort1]

http://www.newswest9.com/story/23671443 ... cy-landing

Ryan

[NathanT24]

Hmm just a new prop and hopefully thats it, could have been worse. Well done for the pilot to get it down and almost one piece!

[Chappie]

Atta-boy to the pilot. The aircraft will fly again, but it is such a shame becasue they just got her back in the air.

Chappie

[hang the expense]

The prop is toast and the reduction as as well as the drive shaft and trunion bearings assy is suspect as well. Flaps and some belly damage.Not a cheap day.

[DH82EH]

As much as it sucks to see rare and hard to replace equipment get damaged, I'm always relieved that no one was hurt.

Safe flying everyone.

Andy Scott

[ZRX61]

Report states he landed at an airport, how come he didn't put the gear down?

[Dan Jones]

Might have been a little airfield with too short of a runway. Still lotsa little 1500', 1800' grass strips around. Might've been a might short for a P-63. As long as everyone's safe the rest is all fixable.

[ZRX61]

I pulled that field up on google. Not only is the runway also the taxiway.... it's also a road & appears to have cross streets....

[marine air]

"Just a prop". Well it's been 68 years since Bell manufactured spare parts for the P-63. NOTHING is cheap on that aircraft. Dissappointing to say the least.

[CoastieJohn]

Ref the low fuel and/or transfer subject. Even though we had all the fancy, new-fangled systems, I have heard a few of our older helo pilots in the USCG always preach to the younger pilots to always keep a manual fuel log just in case your fuel indicating or transfer system starts to act up in the middle of a mission....especially over water. I'd be curious if the pilot went to a manual fuel log when things started to act up.

[Steve S]

Some of those old props are harder to find than chicken lips in a blizzard. I know of a few round engine AC that are flying with modified DC3 props- but pretty sure that is going to be a non option here.

Hoping that there is a spare set of blades sitting somewhere in the CAF warehouse.

[ZRX61]

I know of a few round engine AC that are flying with modified DC3 props.

& more than a couple Hawker Hurricanes.

[hang the expense]

Didn't Canadien built hurries have ham standard props during the war?

[DH82EH]

Didn't Canadien built hurries have ham standard props during the war?

I think Canadian ones did

[WIXMOD-Charlie]

The NTSb will investigate and post their findings. Please do not make assumptions on this forum. I'll leave the above comments for now, but any more speculation will be removed.