All About Light Sport Aircraft: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group hanger break-in [4 Attachments]

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group hanger break-in [4 Attachments]

[Attachment(s) from Ralph included below]

I have some sad news to report. Mark's hanger at Forest Lake (25D in Minnesota) was broken into last night and my Kolbra was targeted. The thieves stole the engine, battery, aircraft seatbelts, and all avionics by unbolting and cutting off the engine cable and unscrewing the panel and cutting off the wires to all the instruments. Mark's large snowblower, tools, and battery charger were also stolen. Mark just finished building his new RANS S-7 and he is worried that his fuel may have been compromised although his airplane looked intact.

They got in through the locked door and then opened the bi-fold hanger door to bring a hoist and vehicle into the hanger. This was all done under the cover of darkness. Mark called the police this morning and they have the engine serial number (#4400582). The Warp Drive tapered prop was also stolen (#T9433). The engine had a Titan exhaust system with a specially-made prop spacer. This polished aluminum prop spacer is very large and is one-of-a-kind.

If anyone has any information on this please contact me or local law enforcement (651-325-6461 Forest Lake Police Department). Please be on the lookout for anyone who has recently acquired a used 912UL 80hp engine. The instruments, include an EIS, transponder, Microair radio, ASI, altimeter, and compass.

I would appreciate it if you could forward this to other lists that I am not aware of.

Here are some pictures ...

Thanks for any information about this theft,

Ralph Burlingame

Mound, Minnesota

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