T-28 Pilot Report
Flight:
820
Date:
030730
Flight Time:
20:36 – 21:43 UTM
Pilot:
Tom Root
Controller:
Andy Detwiler
Location:
Greeley, CO (KGXY)
Mission:
Research flight
|
Computer Time |
Video Time |
Comments |
|
|
203600 |
Start |
|
|
204050 |
Runup |
|
|
204200 |
Tom's microphone inop |
|
|
205200 |
Problem fixed |
|
|
205713 |
Takeoff |
|
|
205923 |
Passing 6,500 MSL |
|
|
210240 |
Passing 10,000 MSL with
light precip |
|
|
210353 |
Heading 030 |
|
|
210410 |
P-static with liquid precip |
|
|
210500 |
Starting to get frozen
precip |
|
|
210600 |
In cloud |
|
|
210634 |
Flash |
|
|
210739 |
Heading 070 |
|
|
210825 |
Right turn towards CHILL |
|
|
210911 |
Fairly large hydrometeors
(soft) |
|
|
210958 |
Left turn to 040 |
|
|
212240 |
Hail |
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|
211249 |
Left turn towards CHILL |
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|
211420 |
Large hail (quarter sized) |
|
|
211437 |
Appears one may have
impacted video window |
|
|
211706 |
180 degree turn to the left |
|
|
211743 |
040 heading |
|
|
211802 |
34 MP / 2,300 RPM |
|
|
211820 |
NOx test |
|
|
211920 |
Updraft |
|
|
212006 |
Downdraft |
|
|
212030 |
Hail (dime sized) |
|
|
212055 |
Hail stops |
|
|
212125 |
90 / 270 to reverse course |
|
|
212403 |
Flash |
|
|
212439 |
Flash |
|
|
212451 |
Small hail with significant
downdraft |
|
|
212550 |
Aircraft airspeed indicator
reading zero, and computer airspeed also reading zero due to pitot heat switch off |
|
|
212645 |
90 / 270 to reverse course |
|
|
212830 |
P-static with mixed phase
hydrometeors |
|
|
212918 |
Flash |
|
|
213040 |
Begin 180 turn to the right |
|
|
213035 |
Video starts to degrade as
generator begins to fail |
|
|
213055 |
Generator off line |
|
|
213255 |
Descending through 16,500
MSL direct Greeley |
|
|
213425 |
Ice accumulation on video |
|
|
214354 |
Landing |
NOTES
Weather
-
Large hail
encountered at 211420. Cylinder fins
dented and paint taken off left wing leading edge.
-
Occasional heavy
liquid precip
Maintenance
-
Generator failed
at 213055
-
P-static still a
significant issue
Operations