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-blink- look what crashed in (sort of) my neighborhood:


http://gazette.net/stories/03182009/gaitnew204745_32470.shtml


any landing you can walk away from is a good landing.....

--j_a

[Allen[_1_]]

Well if this is true no wonder it crashed:
The pilot walked away from Sunday's crash - leaving behind mangled wreckage,
clipped pine trees, about 100 gallons of spilled jet fuel and a dent to a
parked truck.

--

*H. Allen Smith*
WACO - We are all here, because we are not all there.


> wrote in message
...
> -blink- look what crashed in (sort of) my neighborhood:
>
>
> http://gazette.net/stories/03182009/gaitnew204745_32470.shtml
>
>
> any landing you can walk away from is a good landing.....
>
> --j_a

[Steve Hix]

In article >,
"Allen" > wrote:

> Well if this is true no wonder it crashed:
> The pilot walked away from Sunday's crash - leaving behind mangled wreckage,
> clipped pine trees, about 100 gallons of spilled jet fuel and a dent to a
> parked truck.

Clearly, if it hadn't been fueled incorrectly, there wouldn't have been
a problem.


Sometimes it seems that the press gets less and less able to actually
get facts right. Not that they care, mind.

[Maxwell[_2_]]

"Steve Hix" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Allen" > wrote:
>
>> Well if this is true no wonder it crashed:
>> The pilot walked away from Sunday's crash - leaving behind mangled
>> wreckage,
>> clipped pine trees, about 100 gallons of spilled jet fuel and a dent to a
>> parked truck.
>
> Clearly, if it hadn't been fueled incorrectly, there wouldn't have been
> a problem.
>
>
> Sometimes it seems that the press gets less and less able to actually
> get facts right. Not that they care, mind.

Doesn't sound like the accident is fuel related. Seems more like someone
flew in to IMC, lost control, and pulled the chicken switch.

[Dana M. Hague[_2_]]

On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:38:55 -0500, "Maxwell" <#$$9#@%%%.^^^> wrote:

>Doesn't sound like the accident is fuel related. Seems more like someone
>flew in to IMC, lost control, and pulled the chicken switch.

"The pilot reported that the door was not fully secure as the airplane
lifted off," Schiada said. "As he entered the cloud layer, the door
‘popped open,' he said probably about 2 inches. Shorty thereafter, he
reported that he became disoriented."

Classic mistake: Forgetting to FLY THE AIRPLANE, instead of sweating
the small stuff.

"The plane has a data recorder."

Really? In a Cirrus?

-Dana


--
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. - Thomas Jefferson

[BT]

"Steve Hix" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Allen" > wrote:
>
>> Well if this is true no wonder it crashed:
>> The pilot walked away from Sunday's crash - leaving behind mangled
>> wreckage,
>> clipped pine trees, about 100 gallons of spilled jet fuel and a dent to a
>> parked truck.
>
> Clearly, if it hadn't been fueled incorrectly, there wouldn't have been
> a problem.
>
>
If it had been fueld correctly.. the door would not have distracted the
pilot?

[Dan Luke[_2_]]

"Dana M. Hague" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:38:55 -0500, "Maxwell" <#$$9#@%%%.^^^> wrote:
>
>>Doesn't sound like the accident is fuel related. Seems more like someone
>>flew in to IMC, lost control, and pulled the chicken switch.
>
> "The pilot reported that the door was not fully secure as the airplane
> lifted off," Schiada said. "As he entered the cloud layer, the door
> 'popped open,' he said probably about 2 inches. Shorty thereafter, he
> reported that he became disoriented."
>
> Classic mistake: Forgetting to FLY THE AIRPLANE, instead of sweating
> the small stuff.

Still, he made the right choice. Other Cirrus pilots have died because they
didn't pull the OH ****! handle when they lost the flik.


> "The plane has a data recorder."
>
> Really? In a Cirrus?

Mmmm... Might be referring to historical data in the Avidyne or Garmin
boxes.

--
Dan

T182T at 4R4

[Steve Hix]

In article >,
"BT" > wrote:

> "Steve Hix" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > "Allen" > wrote:
> >
> >> Well if this is true no wonder it crashed:
> >> The pilot walked away from Sunday's crash - leaving behind mangled
> >> wreckage,
> >> clipped pine trees, about 100 gallons of spilled jet fuel and a dent to a
> >> parked truck.
> >
> > Clearly, if it hadn't been fueled incorrectly, there wouldn't have been
> > a problem.
> >
> >
> If it had been fueld correctly.. the door would not have distracted the
> pilot?

Hey, I'm just being a newspaper reporter for a moment.

Sort of like a dizzy spell.

[Just go look it up!]

On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:50:34 -0500, "Dan Luke"
> wrote:


>> "The plane has a data recorder."
>>
>> Really? In a Cirrus?
>
>Mmmm... Might be referring to historical data in the Avidyne or Garmin
>boxes.

Nope.
http://www.avbuyer.com/Articles/Article.asp?Id=546

[Dan Luke[_2_]]

"Just go look it up!" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:50:34 -0500, "Dan Luke"
> > wrote:
>
>
>>> "The plane has a data recorder."
>>>
>>> Really? In a Cirrus?
>>
>>Mmmm... Might be referring to historical data in the Avidyne or Garmin
>>boxes.
>
> Nope.
> http://www.avbuyer.com/Articles/Article.asp?Id=546

How's that a "nope?"

Where does it say there's no historical data available in the Avidyne
system?

--
Dan

T182T at 4R4