DA42 Down in Ohio

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DA42 Down in Ohio

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Here is a Facebook video of the DA42 that had a power loss on takeoff:

https://www.facebook.com/steve.buchenro ... 589312443/

Better quality on the Facebook site:

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Sounds like bad gas or a fuel cap leak since both engines failed so close together. Wonder if they sumped the tanks before that flight.
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We're looking at two different crashes about a week apart. First in NC the second in Ohio. Both DA42's, possibly different engine types. Probably worth spinning this into two separate threads.
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The engines “rolled back to 30 to 40% power.” Sounds like what happens when one of the hoses pops off the turbocharger. According to FlightAware the previous flight was Aug 3rd. First flight after maintenance?
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Soareyes wrote: Sat Aug 21, 2021 8:32 pm The engines “rolled back to 30 to 40% power.” Sounds like what happens when one of the hoses pops off the turbocharger. According to FlightAware the previous flight was Aug 3rd. First flight after maintenance?
That was my first thought too.
It sounds exactly like the hoses popping off.
Both happening at the same time shortly after maintenance only serves to reinforce it.
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Here is a little more on this incident. N215BN.

http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2021/08/d ... urred.html
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tjmoody wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:06 pm Here is a little more on this incident. N215BN.

http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2021/08/d ... urred.html
It looks like two separate incidents. One is dated to have occurred in 2017 - landed gear-up. It was during landing. This one is during takeoff.
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Rich wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:15 pm
tjmoody wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:06 pm Here is a little more on this incident. N215BN.

http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2021/08/d ... urred.html
It looks like two separate incidents. One is dated to have occurred in 2017 - landed gear-up. It was during landing. This one is during takeoff.

Screen Shot 2021-08-23 at 14.25.59.png
Right! I hadn't heard about the 2017 gear up before. Presumably didn't make it to the NTSB database.

At least we know the tail number for this one now (maybe others knew but I didn't).
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Useful site:

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Here is the NTSB Preliminary.
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