Savannah GA - Cessna Skymaster crash 1 dead

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One person died as a result of a small plane crash Sunday night in a Savannah, Georgia, residential neighbourhood, local police said.

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Pilot killed and passenger injured as small plane crashes in Georgia neighborhood

Police say one person is dead after a small plane crashed in a neighborhood in Savannah, Georgia. The Savannah Police Department says officers were dispatched to the crash site on a residential street late Sunday.
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Pilot killed and passenger injured as small plane crashes in Georgia neighborhood - Wings Magazine

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — One person died as a result of a small plane crash Sunday night in a Savannah, Georgia, residential neighbourhood, local police said.
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Peter Ha said:
Oct. 13, 2024
One person died as a result of a small plane crash Sunday night in a Savannah, Georgia, residential neighbourhood, local police said.

apnews.com

Pilot killed and passenger injured as small plane crashes in Georgia neighborhood

Police say one person is dead after a small plane crashed in a neighborhood in Savannah, Georgia. The Savannah Police Department says officers were dispatched to the crash site on a residential street late Sunday.
apnews.com apnews.com

www.wingsmagazine.com

Pilot killed and passenger injured as small plane crashes in Georgia neighborhood - Wings Magazine

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — One person died as a result of a small plane crash Sunday night in a Savannah, Georgia, residential neighbourhood, local police said.
www.wingsmagazine.com www.wingsmagazine.com
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3 1/2 hour flight time. Fuel?
 
donjohnston said:
What brings you to that conclusion? The flight time? Fuel capacity on a Skymaster is 92-128 gallons.
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Flight time, and just a question, not a conclusion.

Edit: It's a twin - what's the burn rate?

Flight track looks like they suddenly dropped from ~128 kts to upper 50s, right around a likely best glide speed.
 
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It looks to me like something happened while maneuvering for landing at KSAV and last minute they turned towards KSVN - possibly trying to align with one of the NE/SW direction streets near KSVN.
 
StraightnLevel said:
Flight time, and just a question, not a conclusion.

Edit: It's a twin - what's the burn rate?

Flight track looks like they suddenly dropped from ~128 kts to upper 50s, right around a likely best glide speed.
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Burn rate in the skymaster is normally in the low 20s. Usually around 22 -24.
They fly pretty well on a single engine, either one.
Sure looks like fuel exhaustion but that’s a guess based on what we know. Which isn’t much.
 
I also have a Continental 360, but TSIO.

LOP at 65% I burn around 10 GPH. But higher power and rich, the burn can go much higher.

So this plane could burn 30 GPH with the two engines. That is 3 - 4 hours on the 92 - 128 gallons. Hmmm.

Not saying this was the issue, due the numbers are such you can't rule it out.
 
Pinecone said:
I also have a Continental 360, but TSIO.

LOP at 65% I burn around 10 GPH. But higher power and rich, the burn can go much higher.

So this plane could burn 30 GPH with the two engines. That is 3 - 4 hours on the 92 - 128 gallons. Hmmm.

Not saying this was the issue, due the numbers are such you can't rule it out.
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The 337 normal aspirated burns 20 gph block to block. This aircraft was a 336, same engines.

To go to 30gph would mean an almost full power cruise at full rich mixture.

The more likely cause was a departure with less than full tanks.
 
20 GPH would be leaned. If they did not lean, they could be at 30 GPH.

Yes, not full tanks is also very possible.
 
Actually block to block is also chock to chock. First movement to last movement.

What is Block Time? Block Time Meaning | Isarsoft

The Block Time is the time of a flight measured from the start of movement ("off-block") to the end of movement ("in-block"). It includes taxi-out time, flight-time and tax-in time.
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What is “Block Time” in Airline Schedules? Why Does it Matter?

The total amount of time a flight takes — from pushing back from the departure gate (“off-blocks”), to arriving at the destination gate (“on-blocks”) — is called “block time”, and airline block times vary for the same routes.
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Block Flying Time | Paramount Business Jets

The time between when an aircraft first moves from its parking place until it comes to rest on a designated parking position with all engines stopped.
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Flight time - Wikipedia

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