Collings Foundation B-17 down

Reports are they cannot identify the remains. They'll have to go to dental records.

a reply to: schuyler

I can't say I'm surprised. The few pictures I've seen show there isn't much of the aircraft left. Anyone that didn't get out was going to be left unidentifiable.

Death toll up to 7 now.
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RIP..Its all Im hearing on the web this morning..Maybe multiple engine problems involved..

The pilot radioed a problem with #4, but witnesses on the ground said #3 had problems.

Yeah #3 was smoking in the air as well is what witnesses were saying.Having two on the same side out would have made it hard for the pilot to keep in the air.

Audio of the request to return, and images of the crash site.

N/M😑

According to the NTSB, while attempting to land, the aircraft impacted the ILS stanchions, crossed a grassy area and a taxiway, and impacted the deicing facility.

Flight tracker..
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Officials release names.

On board were a retired police captain, two volunteer firefighters, and a member of the Air National Guard, who was able to open the aft hatch and extract passengers.

Thoughts to the families involved More stories will come out of this in time.
Some closeup of the wreckage.
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Per the NTSB preliminary report, the fuel was not contaminated. They were able to recover a sample from the aircraft, samples from the truck, and no other aircraft fueled around the same time reported any issues.

The right hand engines remained attached to the wing, with the blades staying attached to the engines. The #3 engine was recovered from the top of a deicing tank, with one blade showing near the feathered position, and two showing between low power and feathered. The #4 engine showed all three blades feathered.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Two engines feathered or in low power? Damn.

a reply to: JIMC5499

And both on the same side.

The FAA pulled the Collings Foundation's certification to carry passengers.

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Can you say "sued into oblivion"?

Had a bad feeling it would go that way now that the maintenance logs will all come out...
a reply to: JIMC5499

I’d hate to be the guy who signed off the 100hr/annual.

a reply to: 38181

I think he was one of the ones on board that didn't survive.