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RAINING
M
ANUAL
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ANCAIR
IV/IVP
Many of the Lancair Loss of Control accidents involve pilots pressing into poor
weather conditions involving thunderstorms, VFR into IMC, or icing. Let’s face
it—the Lancair is a great airplane but it is not an all weather aircraft. The IV and
IVP cannot top all weather—it can get you into the middle of the worst of it. The
IV series aircraft is a great cross country machine that can cover a lot of territory
in a day but it cannot do it all the time.
Loss of Power accidents covers the other broad area of accidents and concern.
Aside from the “cause unknown” accidents, fuel exhaustion and fuel starvation
comprise the largest number of Loss of Power accidents. In other words, the pilot
ran out of gas. In second place is loss of oil, often due to chaffing oil lines or
loose oil fittings.
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