David,
Do you know what type of propellor Jos had fitted to his aircraft? It might
help those with the same propellor to be prepared for a similar situation.
Regards
John.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Joyce" <davidjoyce@doctors.org.uk>
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 6:33 PM
Subject: Europa-List: Jos Okhuisen
> <davidjoyce@doctors.org.uk>
>
> Just back from Wels in Austria where Bruce Morris, Mark Burton and I spent
> a fair bit of time with Jos following his recent accident. He is in
> reasonable spirits and making good progress medically. He looks like a
> boxer who picked the wrong opponent, but is marvellously cheerful and
> positive to talk to, and there seems real hope that his eye will recover.
> His burnt areas that have been grafted with artificial skin are healing
> well.
> We saw the wreckage of the plane and it appeared that the
> propeller was in zero pitch or possibly negative. This fits with Jos's
> description of events, that he climbed normally to 800ft, changed to
> cruise mode, realised he had that set at too low rpm and decreased pitch
> to bring rpm up to 5000 but then the engine speed rose above 6000 and he
> lost thrust, and all attempts to change pitch then made no difference. The
> land ahead area was heavily built up and he did a great job to get down
> more or less in one piece. He initially aimed for a road but saw a power
> cable at the last moment and swerved to land in a tree. The plane then
> fell out of the tree and in short time caught fire, but he had not lost
> consciousness (he says it is because Laplanders have thick heads!), and
> was able to get out pretty quickly, suffering burns to just his lower
> legs, and trauma around his right eye (?due to a branch)
> His address for those who want to send best wishes is:
> Klinicum Wels, Traumatology, 1st Floor
> Grieskirchener Strasse 42
> 4600 Wels, Austria
> Regards, David Joyce, G-XSDJ
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