NTSB Releases Prelim Info On Collings B-17 Crash - AVweb The NTSB has published its initial factual findings on the crash of the Collings Foundation B-17 Nine-O-Nine on October 2.

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Rule# 1 on an “engine out” in a multi engine aircraft is “clean up the airplane” and don’t put the landing gear down. unless you have the have the runway made. Landing “gear up” does very little damage to the air frame.