Plane crashes near Dillon County Airport
Kelly Gillespie/WBTW
A Mooney rests in a Dillon County corn field across SC 9 from the Dillon County Airport Saturday afternoon.
A pilot escaped serious injury after the plane he was flying lost power and crashed into a Dillon cornfield Saturday, Dillon County Sheriff Major Hulon said.
The crashed happened at about 1p.m. just after the plane took off from the Dillon Airport, the sheriff said.
Earl Cook of Norfolk, Va. told deputies his single engine Mooney aircraft suddenly lost power and he aborted the flight steered the plane into in a cornfield just across S.C. 9 from the airport.
The pilot was alone in the aircraft and didn’t seek treatment at a hospital, Dillon County Sheriff’s deputy Cliff Arnett said.
Dillon County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the crash with the aid of Federal Aviation Administration agents who made their way to the scene Saturday afternoon.
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I want to say Thank God that you are still alive.I know that your family is thankful as well, I would like to say it don’t matter how the plane crash are what cause it to crash at this moment. The good thing is God allowed you to have made it, and that you are still at home with your family. May God Bless you, your family and heaven smile upon you.
Does anyone ever wonder why aircraft engines fail after take-off? Anyone ever hear about an aircraft engine failing while still on the ground during engine start, taxi, run-up or take-off roll?
Does an aircraft engine know when its in the air after takeoff? What is the one thing that changes to an aircraft from the ground to in the air? The change from the ground to in the air is the attitude of the aircraft changes. Is it possible that when the aircraft changes its attitude on take-off that water in the aircraft fuel tank changes its attitude and makes its way to the engine causing it to fail?Could general aviation fuel tanks contain undetectable water the pilot cannot positively detect during the pre-flight of the aircraft? Pending the discovery of some sort of catastrophic engine failure when will the FAA and NTSB look inside the tanks of general aviation fuel tanks for undetectable water?
A simple test of general aviation fuel tanks is as simple as pouring 16 ounces of red dyed water into the fuel tank as the aircraft sits in its normal ground attitude. Then go to the sump drain and see if you can positively detect and eliminate the same 16 ounces of red dyed water you just poured into the fuel tank. The FAA and NTSB have known for decades about the indicated design flaw of undetectable water in general aviation fuel tanks but do nothing to fix the indicated flaw. As a result of this lack of oversight on the part of both agencies pilots and passengers continue to be injured or die.
Most plane crashes end with death!
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