Originally Posted by 747FC

Well, this piloting thing does not always work out so well for everyone, although the fault was not George's:

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/ar...706160355.html

Originally Posted by the.honoluluadvertiser.com

The second air crash, involving the South Carolina couple, occurred June 15. Because the single-engine Cessna 150J aircraft sank and could not be examined, the NTSB attributed the crash to "total loss of engine power for an undetermined reason."

Pilot Michael Allen, 29, and wife Christina, 31, of Beaufort, S.C., had rented the plane from George's Aviation Service in Honolulu and topped off the fuel tank before flying an hour and 34 minutes to Kahului Airport on Maui. Forty-five minutes into their return flight, Allen, a military pilot, reported losing engine power at 2,000 feet about 10 miles east of his destination.

Allen told investigators the engine "smoothly 'rolled back' in RPM to something less than cruise power, as if power was simply reduced. It ran smoothly with no inconsistency for approximately one minute and then completely stopped," the NTSB report said.

The plane ditched about 5:53 p.m. two miles southeast of China Walls off Portlock, and the uninjured couple were able to exit the sinking aircraft and get into an inflatable raft. They were rescued by the Honolulu Fire Department and taken to Maunalua Bay Beach Park.

The NTSB report said the plane lifted off from Honolulu with 22.5 gallons of usable fuel and should have been consuming fuel at a rate of between 6 to 7 gallons per hour.