Crash at T67

[Chuck]

News was showing a crash that happened earlier today at Hicks Field (T67) in
Ft. Worth.

N number shows it to be a 1957 Piper PA-23-160.

Crashed on takeoff. Said it was something like 100 Ft when it came down on
top of 2 antique military planes, destroying one and possibly both of them.
News said they were valued at about $500,000 each...

[MRQB]

I Hope everyone survived and hope they have enough insurance.


"Chuck" > wrote in message
.net...
> News was showing a crash that happened earlier today at Hicks Field (T67)
in
> Ft. Worth.
>
> N number shows it to be a 1957 Piper PA-23-160.
>
> Crashed on takeoff. Said it was something like 100 Ft when it came down on
> top of 2 antique military planes, destroying one and possibly both of
them.
> News said they were valued at about $500,000 each...
>
>

[Cecil E. Chapman]

Here's more info from http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/local/7678796.htm
FORT WORTH - A twin-engine Piper Apache plane taking off Friday from Hicks
Airfield struck a hangar and two old Navy show planes before crashing just
off the runway.

The pilot and two passengers weren't seriously injured, authorities said.

"I looked out the window and saw an airplane coming right at me," said Neil
Anderson, who was in a hangar office. "The wing was probably six feet from
my head."

Witnesses said the four-seat plane, which took off to the north about 3:45
p.m., angled to the right about 15 seconds after takeoff, Tarrant County
Sheriff's Sgt. C. Eckart said. Witnesses said the right engine appeared to
stall.

The airplane wasn't gaining altitude, said Steve Candler, a commercial pilot
who watched the takeoff.

As the airplane drifted right, "the pilot pitched up to try and get above
the building," Candler said. "He just couldn't get the altitude, and he went
right into the side and then to the ground."

But before hitting the ground, the Apache struck two North American T-28B
Trojans, training planes formerly used by the Navy, parked in front of the
hangar. The Apache clipped the tails off both.

Anderson, co-owner of the trainers, said each is worth about $250,000. The
planes are flown in air shows across the country.

"This isn't something you want to see," Anderson said, looking at the
planes.

The Apache's occupants -- two men and a woman -- were being interviewed by
Federal Aviation Administration investigators, Eckart said.

"They were lucky to make it out of this," he said.


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"Chuck" > wrote in message
.net...
> News was showing a crash that happened earlier today at Hicks Field (T67)
in
> Ft. Worth.
>
> N number shows it to be a 1957 Piper PA-23-160.
>
> Crashed on takeoff. Said it was something like 100 Ft when it came down on
> top of 2 antique military planes, destroying one and possibly both of
them.
> News said they were valued at about $500,000 each...
>
>

[Jay Honeck]

> "They were lucky to make it out of this," he said.

Wow -- they hit TWO planes, and crashed INTO a building -- and walked away?

Amazing.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Tom Sixkiller]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:3mTLb.15284$I06.94871@attbi_s01...
> > "They were lucky to make it out of this," he said.
>
> Wow -- they hit TWO planes, and crashed INTO a building -- and walked
away?
>
> Amazing.

This is NOT the "Any landing you can walk away from..." cliché, is it?

[Rosspilot]

>Witnesses said the right engine appeared to
>stall.

Yup. This must be a press account.

<G>


www.Rosspilot.com

[Ben Jackson]

In article <3mTLb.15284$I06.94871@attbi_s01>,
Jay Honeck > wrote:
>
>Wow -- they hit TWO planes, and crashed INTO a building -- and walked away?

That's my nightmare insurance scenario in a nutshell...

--
Ben Jackson
>
http://www.ben.com/

[S Narayan]

Must have been a jet engine.

"Rosspilot" > wrote in message
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> >Witnesses said the right engine appeared to
> >stall.
>
> Yup. This must be a press account.
>
> <G>
>
>
> www.Rosspilot.com
>
>

[S Narayan]

Must have been a jet engine. <G>

"Rosspilot" > wrote in message
...
> >Witnesses said the right engine appeared to
> >stall.
>
> Yup. This must be a press account.
>
> <G>
>
>
> www.Rosspilot.com
>
>

[S Narayan]

Must have been a jet engine. <G>

"Rosspilot" > wrote in message
...
> >Witnesses said the right engine appeared to
> >stall.
>
> Yup. This must be a press account.
>
> <G>
>
>
> www.Rosspilot.com
>
>

[Dennis O'Connor]

Ouch!

Denny and Fat Albert the Apache

"Cecil E. Chapman" > wrote in message
m...
> Here's more info from http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/local/7678796.htm
> FORT WORTH - A twin-engine Piper Apache plane taking off Friday from Hicks
> Airfield struck a hangar and two old Navy show planes before crashing just
> off the runway.