Lancair Legacy VC - N98SN

[styckx 1,871]

Found this Cockpit on LancairLegacy.com and I got a good portion of the way painting her and decided to see if I could find any pictures of the exterior.. In doing so I came upon something I didn't expect to find. An NTSB report.. Unfortunately this aircraft and its owner are no longer with us. :( Decided to carry on though as I'd like to think the owner would like to see his design carried on even in a virtual form.. Anyway, I got sort of bummed out about that and taking a break.. Hence I'm posting a few shots of the work.

 

Real one

 

 

 

My interpretation. The colors I tried matching up the best I could.. There are 4 shots of this and the blue and gray can look a different shade depending on the light and angle of the shot so I did some guesstimating on the shading in the cockpit to find a middle ground I was happy with. I'd say this is about 80% done.. Some panel work to do.

Edited November 9, 2012 by firehawk44
"My interpretation" images (2) removed as they exceeded 1600W and 400KB limit.

[Ron Attwood 3,465]

I've just read the accident report. Very sobering reading. Bloody shame. Read it here: http://www.planecrashmap.com/plane/wi/N98SN

 

Your rendition is spookily accurate.

[styckx 1,871]

Yeah I read it.. Bloody shame is right.. I have to imagine as a real life pilot, especially in a single engine aircraft that engine failure is always a haunting possible reality that you always have to be prepared for, but hopefully never have to actually deal with.

[Great Ozzie 101]

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows.

 

A loss of engine power due to high engine temperatures which resulted in a failure of the number three piston, the pilot's continued operation of the airplane with known high temperature problems, the pilot's poor inflight planning, and the pilot's failure to maintain a proper emergency descent rate. A factor associated with the accident was the light pole that the airplane contacted.