Wire Strike Info
In article . com,
"Ol Shy & Bashful" wrote:
I am compiling information on wire strikes for both airplanes and
helicopters. I would appreciate any help you may give. Stories, news
clips, videos,pics, etc. I much prefer actual stories and not hangar
rumor (got plenty of that already). I have some info from NTSB but feel
there is a lot of info out there with some help in directions to access
it.
In my 50+ years of flying, I've hit at least 18 wires and logged them
in aerial application operations with no resulting crashes. It includes
one wire strike at night in helicopter. Any help or suggestions to
gather more info are most welcome.
Ol shy & bashful
There is a photo floating around of a Cessna 150/152 hanging upside down
in high-tension wires at Seattle's Boeing Field, maybe two years ago?
There is the footage of the Cessna 172 with a student and instructor
that tried to land on the road by a golf course in Florida last Fall.
The aircraft struck telephone/electric wires and crashed. The instructor
was killed.
Other readers will recognize these and hopefully post other links.
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