In flight fire - aftermath. (Minor injury, aircraft destroyed)

Isn't the resin the same for ordinary glass fiber?
 
The stuff I have worked with is just liqufied polyester or polyurethane, both of which burn pretty darned well.
 
I think epoxy resins are more common with Carbon Fiber, at least that is what was used in the sailplanes and Thunder Mustangs I have worked on.
But then Polyester resins mostly aren't used even in fiberglass for the sailplanes.

I recall epoxy burns pretty well, but maybe not quite as well as polyester.
I do have a small piece the the prototype Thunder Mustang that crashed (is the piece of the gear door that had my last name as part of the crew on it) it burned all around most of my name but my name is still on it not sure why it didn't burn the whole thing. I suspect the resin we used required a bit help to maintain the flame. But then there was the other Thunder Mustang that was destroyed in Reno when the brakes caught the sage brush it stopped in on fire.

Brian
CFIIG/ASEL
 
Had a Navion that was flying hurricane relief consumed here (the pilot was able to chuck out all the stuff from the plane before it got beyond help). I get messages any time anything Navion related happens in this state from people wanting to know if I'm OK.
 
Dang, he deserves to be a 5 stripe captain setting that airplane down while in flames!
 
One of my greatest fears is an inflight fire.

On an earlier experimental plane I owned years ago I was entering the pattern at my home field and thought I spotted a wisp of smoke from the front come over the glareshield. Didn't take long to get on the ground!

Turns out that when I had rerouted the oil vent line one connection wasn't properly secured and came apart. I was seeing oil mist & smoke from the open vent line.
 
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