Waiex N555XY Accident
Posted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 7:06 pm
by GordonTurner
Fortunately, no stall, no spin, no one significantly injured. If the engine quits, put the nose down, pick the least bad crash site, and phone your insurance company.
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=233339
Re: Waiex N555XY Accident
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2020 1:01 am
by WaiexN143NM
Hi Gordon, all
i think this should be N555YX.
waiex td jab3300.
no injuries, minor damage. Las Cruces NM
WaiexN143NM
Michael
Re: Waiex N555XY Accident
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2020 11:11 am
by GordonTurner
What’s a little dyslexia among friends???
Re: Waiex N555XY Accident
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2020 11:23 am
by Mel
GordonTurner wrote:What’s a little dyslexia among friends???
If you think you might be dyslexic you should look into an organization called “DAM” (Mothers Against Dyslexia).
Re: Waiex N555XY Accident
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2020 2:50 pm
by Dave Wolfe
https://www.homebuiltairplanes.com/foru … rom.33133/
555WX is the tail number.
Re: Waiex N555XY Accident
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2020 6:40 pm
by Sonex1517
I believe this is the Chapter 555 Waiex that some of us helped build the wings for in Oshkosh as part of the Give Flight program.
Glad there were no injuries.
Re: Waiex N555XY Accident
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2020 1:26 am
by WaiexN143NM
Hi all,
Thanks dave for the correct N number. Yes robbie looks like you are correct.
FAA database. shows a revmester 2100.
kathrynsreport listed this as N555YX. I’ll send in a email to them, N555WX.
WaiexN143NM
Michael
Re: Waiex N555XY Accident
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:29 am
by Msing48
Good job with the emergency landing! Glad you’re ok. The plane looks to be in decent shape. If the gear legs aren’t bent too badly, they should be repairable. Robert Barber could tell you how he has done it. If you need his contact info, send me a message.
Re: Waiex N555XY Accident
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 1:19 pm
by Fritz
Hi All,
The Waiex in question (as mentioned) is the 555 chapter build, 555WX.
The incident in question was pretty straight forward. I lost power over the departure end of the runway on takeoff and had to land in the desert. I bent the gear, broke the prop and put a couple of dings in the leading edge skin on one wing, …and we need a new seat cushion 
It’s all very fixable.
We’re still sorting out what happened but my best guess right now is the engine went way over rich. I’ve got some photos but I’ll have to figure out how to post them (heading out the door right now).
The Waiex is a great flying airplane and it did a great job of helping me out of a bad situation.
Re: Waiex N555XY Accident
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 11:44 pm
by WaiexN143NM
Hi all,
Fritz can you confirm the engine and carb set up in N555WX?
glad to see you handled this forced landing well.
best on the rebuild.
WaiexN143NM
Michael
Re: Waiex N555XY Accident
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 1:45 am
by Fritz
It’s a RevMaster 2100D with a new AeroInjector carb.
Re: Waiex N555XY Accident
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:26 am
by Sonerai13
Glad you’re OK Fritz. Great job on the forced landing. Always fly the airplane, eh! Good on ya!
Re: Waiex N555XY Accident
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 12:44 pm
by XenosN42
Fritz wrote:It’s a RevMaster 2100D with a new AeroInjector carb.
Fritz,
How many hours flying with the new AeroCarb? Were you able to succesfully tune it using ground run and testing in the air?
Re: Waiex N555XY Accident
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 11:31 pm
by Rynoth
Hi Fritz, it sure seems like you put the plane down properly and I’m very grateful that you are ok. Well done!
I, and I am sure many others would like to know what caused the engine failure. We are all concerned with such an occurrence ourselves and the more information we have the better!
Re: Waiex N555XY Accident
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 11:16 am
by radfordc
Rynoth wrote:Hi Fritz, it sure seems like you put the plane down properly and I’m very grateful that you are ok. Well done!
I, and I am sure many others would like to know what caused the engine failure. We are all concerned with such an occurrence ourselves and the more information we have the better!
Here’s what Fritz had to say on another forum…
It’s just speculation at this point but… The likely culprit looks like an external fuel leak from the mixture on the AeroInjector carb getting sucked back through the filter. It had a new air filter with fresh K&N filter oil (red). All of the oil on the side of the filter next to the mixture was washed off. A little fuel had been running out of the cowling prior to the “landing” (pre-dirt evidence on the cowl) and one of the guys on the ground saw “too rich” *smoke coming out of the pipes.