N935EK 
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 10:08 pm
by WesRagle
Just got word that Builder/Pilot Earl Kirkpatrick lost his life today.
https://www.fox4news.com/news/pilot-dies-in-plane-crash-in-burleson
Very Sad,
Wes
Re: N935EK
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 2:19 am
by BRS
Very Sad. My condolences to family and others who knew him.
Looks like power line wire (gear leg) and insulators (ground)
Re: N935EK
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 2:21 am
by WaiexN143NM
Hi all,
Sad to hear of this.
Article now on http://www.kathrynsreport.com.
WaiexN143NM
Michael.
Re: N935EK
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 9:22 am
by GordonTurner
http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2020/12/f … 9.html?m=1
Re: N935EK
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 6:51 pm
by Sonex1517
Very sad, and my condolences to the family and friends.
The audio is on LiveATC. Two transmissions were chilling.
‘I’m not climbing’ and ‘I’ve got a sick engine. I don’t know if I can make the field’
Re: N935EK
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 7:15 pm
by WesRagle
Hi Robbie,
Sonex1517 wrote:‘I’m not climbing’ and ‘I’ve got a sick engine. I don’t know if I can make the field’
I first looked here and drew that as a conclusion:
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N935EK
Question: For future reference, how can I access ATC communications for a particular flight?
Thanks,
Wes
Re: N935EK
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 10:37 pm
by waltb
Here is an article about the builder/pilot. Met him once. Wish I know him better.
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/1-dea … E7dGgyliiI
Re: N935EK
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 11:15 pm
by Sonex1517
Wes
LiveATC has a lot of audio feeds. Not every frequency.
On the left side look for Audio archives. Choose the date. Remember the time stamps are Zulu, so you have to know what time you are looking for an do the math. Click “Select a feed” and look for the source. In this case I knew it was a towered field and was in their list.
Re: N935EK
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 12:05 am
by WaiexN143NM
Hi all,
Thanks robbie for posting, i’ll add a little more info.
look for atc archives on left .
airport is Fws
freq 124.625
date 19 dec
select feed scroll down KFWS twr/gnd
time 2030Z
submit
look for gray bar play recordings are for 30 min segments
shortly after it starts to play twr issues tpx code for sonex5EK.
let it play about 4 min of audio to listen to.
link above from waltb seems to indicate this was first flight
son forrest was watching and listening w handheld radio.
a true tragedy.
appears to have hit a wire, which flipped plane.
RIP.
waiexN143NM
Michael
Re: N935EK
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 9:24 am
by GraemeSmith
WesRagle wrote:Question: For future reference, how can I access ATC communications for a particular flight?
I see others have told you how to find it - just note - LiveATC archives are only up for 30 days so if you want the audio for future reference - be sure to download it.
Re: N935EK
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 9:30 am
by GraemeSmith
NOT to second guess the NTSB - but it look from this picture that the engine had stopped (prop tips intact) and he got unlucky on a power line which is across the gear with broken insulators in the foreground.
Re: N935EK
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 2:05 pm
by WesRagle
Hi Guys,
WesRagle wrote:Question: For future reference, how can I access ATC communications for a particular flight?
Thanks for the replies. This is just tragic on many levels.
Wes
Re: N935EK
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2020 4:39 pm
by monsenrm
Does anyone know what engine he had?
Re: N935EK
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2020 9:06 pm
by WaiexN143NM
Hi all,
Interesting comments at the end of article on kathrynsreport the last few days, addressing the engine.
RIP.
WaiexN143NM
Michael.