Comment on "2013- March 6th: Carl Carlsen's fatal flight- Airborne XT, Streak III wing, Rotax 912 80 HP"
Anecdotal data: My friend's XT 912 has seen a couple thousand...use. I have even taken the wheel pants (spats) off to repair some da...nt a great deal of time with his wheel pants. I have not seen any s...r idea of inspecting them every flight is still a very good idea.Comment on "2013- March 6th: Carl Carlsen's fatal flight- Airborne XT, Streak III wing, Rotax 912 80 HP"
From all the news reports I have seen - my guess is a prop bla...engine revs and the loss of flight control - possibly due to the wheel spat coming off and hitting a...ccident said they saw a "wheel cover" (spat) flying in...ks may develop and weaken the wheel spat mountings, so I will be...