Plane stumbles on touch and go

[Admin]

In the Aircraft Pilots News Section:

 

http://www.recreationalflying.com/threads/plane-stumbles-on-touch-and-go.33585/

 

 

[icebob]

When i first started flying in the 1960's i had one instructor ask me was i planning hard landings or was that a crash? I got the message.

 

Bob.

 

 

[Virago]

Engine stumbled eh? I thought the media always used the phrase: "the engine stalled so the plane fell out of the sky"! John.

 

 

[Guest pookemon]

Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to obtain the proper touchdown point during landing.

I've got to wonder, who writes this stuff? The probable cause was a loss of power from the engine during the take off portion of the "touch-and-go", causing the pilot to run out of runway and crash... As far as the article says, he touched down fine.

 

 

[turboplanner]

In these things you have to look deeper at the actual cause, not the start of the sequence, which was just 1/3 down the runway. The pilot could have landed without power, but perhaps had programmed his mind to do the touch and go and didn't adapt. It was his wrong decision that got him., a human factors cause. I've done similar.

 

 

[facthunter]

Some engines will "stumble" It's not a term I use but it happens when the throttle is moved too quickly for the engine to "catch". Some Marvel-Schebler carbs do not have an accelerator pump and can be prone to this.

 

It's not likely to happen with the CV carbs on the Rotax 4 stroke, and Jabiru, due to the design even though there is no accelerator pump fitted to them.

 

It's still good practice to not do it too quickly in normal circumstances, by way of smoothnees of operation, but if necessary those two motors will take a quick response, and that can be handy. Nev