Sparky Imeson's Crash

[gman]

For those of us mountain pilots/instructors:
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2007/06/05/helena/00aa.txt.txt

A few months ago, I also learned that Fletcher Anderson of "Flying the
Mountains" had died in a crash:

http://www.usawildwater.com/news/2005/051206_Fletcher.htm
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?ev_id=20051128X01892&ntsbno=DEN06GA017&akey=1

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On Jun 7, 10:42 am, gman > wrote:
> For those of us mountain pilots/instructors:http://www.helenair.com/articles/2007/06/05/helena/00aa.txt.txt
>
> A few months ago, I also learned that Fletcher Anderson of "Flying the
> Mountains" had died in a crash:
>
> http://www.usawildwater.com/news/2005/051206_Fletcher.htmhttp://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?ev_id=20051128X01892&ntsbno=DEN06...

The common denominator is.........

They both wrote books on mountian flying,
They both live/ lived here in Jackson Hole Wy
They both act/ acted pretty cocky about their flying skills
They both didn't practice what they preached.
One is VERY dead
One is VERY beat up.
Neither were flying their own plane
They both managed to ruin./ destroy someone else's plane.

Ben
Jackson Hole

[Peter R.]

On 6/7/2007 12:42:46 PM, gman wrote:

> A few months ago, I also learned that Fletcher Anderson of "Flying the
> Mountains" had died in a crash:

This crash seems from the details to be very poor judgment by a very
experienced pilot.

--
Peter

[gman]

On Jun 7, 7:21 pm, " > wrote:
> On Jun 7, 10:42 am, gman > wrote:
>
> > For those of us mountain pilots/instructors:http://www.helenair.com/articles/2007/06/05/helena/00aa.txt.txt
>
> > A few months ago, I also learned that Fletcher Anderson of "Flying the
> > Mountains" had died in a crash:
>
> >http://www.usawildwater.com/news/2005/051206_Fletcher.htmhttp://www.n......
>
> The common denominator is.........
>
> They both wrote books on mountian flying,
> They both live/ lived here in Jackson Hole Wy
> They both act/ acted pretty cocky about their flying skills
> They both didn't practice what they preached.
> One is VERY dead
> One is VERY beat up.
> Neither were flying their own plane
> They both managed to ruin./ destroy someone else's plane.
>
> Ben
> Jackson Hole

Since I have never met either pilot, I can't comment on their
"cocky"ness. Highly experienced pilot gain experience by slowly
pushing the envelope. The trick is knowing when to stop pushing the
envelope (and your luck).

I just read on the AOPA's website that the student stalled the
airplane in Sparky's crash while he was taking notes (according to
Sparky) 300ft off the ground. In Anderson's crash, he was probably
flying really (too) low to check out the river. As I understand, he
was an avid kayaker.

Accidents like these always scare me because these are supposed to be
experts but they seem to have a momentary lapse of judgment which
leads to their demise (or the demise of their ride).