Looks like the Kingcobra will need some TLC

RyanShort1 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 11, 2013 10:58 pm

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

Ryan

NathanT24 · **Joined:** Sun Jul 25, 2004 11:27 pm **Posts:** 252

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 · **Joined:** Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:40 am **Posts:** 987

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 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 11, 2013 11:23 pm

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 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 12, 2013 6:33 am

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 · **Joined:** Tue Jun 14, 2005 10:16 am **Posts:** 2304

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

Dan Jones · **Posted:** Sat Oct 12, 2013 4:15 pm

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 · **Joined:** Tue Jun 14, 2005 10:16 am **Posts:** 2304

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.... :shock:

marine air · **Posted:** Sun Oct 13, 2013 4:36 pm

"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 · **Joined:** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:37 pm **Posts:** 1380

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 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 13, 2013 5:40 pm

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 · **Joined:** Tue Jun 14, 2005 10:16 am **Posts:** 2304

Steve S wrote:

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

& more than a couple Hawker Hurricanes.

hang the expense · **Posted:** Sun Oct 13, 2013 7:38 pm

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

DH82EH · **Posted:** Sun Oct 13, 2013 8:19 pm

hang the expense wrote:

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

I think Canadian ones did :wink:

WIXMOD-Charlie · **Joined:** Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:53 am **Posts:** 256

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.

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