plane down near seattle

The airport is Evergreen Sky Ranch, a private, grass strip (2650' long)
located near the town of Black Diamond (actually it looks closer to Enumclaw
or even Auburn to me, but it's listed as in Black Diamond), about 15 NM
southeast of Seattle.

"Diamond Head" is considerably west of there (and probably has much nicer
weather).


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"Gary" wrote in message
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I just saw on the King 5 news that a single engine Beechcraft Bonanza
crashed shortly after takeoff from the diamond head?? airport. (Not sure
if
my info is correct at this time).
The Beechcraft caught fire after crashing into a cargo trailer in a grassy
field near the end of the airport.

The good news is that the four people on-board although badly burned did
manage to escape and are now being treated in hospital.

I wish a speedy recovery for all.

Gary

"David Herman" wrote in message
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The airport is Evergreen Sky Ranch, a private, grass strip (2650' long)
located near the town of Black Diamond (actually it looks closer to
Enumclaw
or even Auburn to me, but it's listed as in Black Diamond), about 15 NM
southeast of Seattle.

"Diamond Head" is considerably west of there (and probably has much nicer
weather).

There is, actually, a Diamond Point near Port Townsend and a Black Diamond
Airport (95W) in Black Diamond. Black Diamond is named for the coal that
used to be mined there and also is home to the Black Diamond Bakery (not to
be confused with the other bakery in town) which is said to have the world's
best sticky buns -- even better than those that can be found in and around
the Black Forest. They bake them in a brick oven. Every morning (something
like 2 am) they put a load of wood in the oven and burn it down to ashes.
Then they sweep the ashes and just keep putting their breads in the slowly
cooling oven until about noon.

Diamond Point also has much nicer weather than Black Diamond.

"Gary" wrote in message
news:Uab1d.391571$M95.95845@pd7tw1no...
I just saw on the King 5 news that a single engine Beechcraft Bonanza
crashed shortly after takeoff from the diamond head?? airport. (Not sure
if
my info is correct at this time).
The Beechcraft caught fire after crashing into a cargo trailer in a grassy
field near the end of the airport.

The good news is that the four people on-board although badly burned did
manage to escape and are now being treated in hospital.

The crash was at Evergreen Sky Park near Black Diamond. The pilot and one of
the passengers was seriously burned; the pilot while dragging his passengers
out of the plane. They were airlifted to Harborview, known for its burn and
trauma center. If you get burned, you could do a lot worse than Harborview,
so the victims are in the best possible hands. The other two passengers were
not seriously injured, but were taken to Harborview anyway.

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 00:18:34 -0700, "David Herman"
wrote:

It was a relatively new A36 and it hit a travel trailer. A pilot
friend who lives at Evergreen witnessed the takeoff and ensuing crash.
I was nearby in the air at the time and saw a plume of black smoke so
I flew over to see if it was a structure fire or what. Very sad....

Bela P. Havasreti

The airport is Evergreen Sky Ranch, a private, grass strip (2650' long)
located near the town of Black Diamond (actually it looks closer to Enumclaw
or even Auburn to me, but it's listed as in Black Diamond), about 15 NM
southeast of Seattle.

"Diamond Head" is considerably west of there (and probably has much nicer
weather).

Harbour View hospital is where they take the seriously injured riders after
a motorcycle road racing accident at Pacific International Raceway in Kent
Wa. I have been working corners at Pacific (formerly Seattle international
raceway) for many years and even raced my Suzuki GSXR 1100 for a couple of
those years there. (making the 4am drive from canada to be there ontime for
racing to start)
Sounds like Harbour View is a pretty good hospital. I assume that HV has a
trauma unit as well, either that or HV is just close to the track and that
is why the riders are taken there.


"C J Campbell" wrote in message
...

"Gary" wrote in message
news:Uab1d.391571$M95.95845@pd7tw1no...
I just saw on the King 5 news that a single engine Beechcraft Bonanza
crashed shortly after takeoff from the diamond head?? airport. (Not sure
if
my info is correct at this time).
The Beechcraft caught fire after crashing into a cargo trailer in a
grassy
field near the end of the airport.

The good news is that the four people on-board although badly burned did
manage to escape and are now being treated in hospital.

The crash was at Evergreen Sky Park near Black Diamond. The pilot and one
of
the passengers was seriously burned; the pilot while dragging his
passengers
out of the plane. They were airlifted to Harborview, known for its burn
and
trauma center. If you get burned, you could do a lot worse than
Harborview,
so the victims are in the best possible hands. The other two passengers
were
not seriously injured, but were taken to Harborview anyway.

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
...

"David Herman" wrote in message
news:1095059920.491005@yasure...
"Diamond Head" is considerably west of there (and probably has much
nicer
weather).

There is, actually, a Diamond Point near Port Townsend[...]

Diamond Point also has much nicer weather than Black Diamond.

I believe he (David) was referring to the Diamond Head in Hawaii.

"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"C J Campbell" wrote in message
...

"David Herman" wrote in message
news:1095059920.491005@yasure...
"Diamond Head" is considerably west of there (and probably has much
nicer
weather).

There is, actually, a Diamond Point near Port Townsend[...]

Diamond Point also has much nicer weather than Black Diamond.

I believe he (David) was referring to the Diamond Head in Hawaii.

Ya sure youbetcha, um, mahalo...


--
David Herman
N6170T 1965 Cessna 150E
Boeing Field (BFI), Seattle, WA
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Visit the Pacific Northwest Flying Forum:
http://www.pacificnorthwestflying.com/

The good news is that the four people on-board although badly burned did
manage to escape and are now being treated in hospital.

People sometimes ask why I go to the trouble of wearing nomex Tee shirt /
Longjohns and a nomex flight suit (others don't ask - they just smirk). This
is the reason.

"Chance favours only the well prepared"

Harbor View is reputed to have the best trauma centers in the world. I
had a friend that was air lifted there after a bicycle accident left him
comatose. I hear they also have a wonderful burn unit, too.

Antonio

onsitewelding wrote:
Harbour View hospital is where they take the seriously injured riders after
a motorcycle road racing accident at Pacific International Raceway in Kent
Wa. I have been working corners at Pacific (formerly Seattle international
raceway) for many years and even raced my Suzuki GSXR 1100 for a couple of
those years there. (making the 4am drive from canada to be there ontime for
racing to start)
Sounds like Harbour View is a pretty good hospital. I assume that HV has a
trauma unit as well, either that or HV is just close to the track and that
is why the riders are taken there.


"C J Campbell" wrote in message
...

"Gary" wrote in message
news:Uab1d.391571$M95.95845@pd7tw1no...

I just saw on the King 5 news that a single engine Beechcraft Bonanza
crashed shortly after takeoff from the diamond head?? airport. (Not sure

if

my info is correct at this time).
The Beechcraft caught fire after crashing into a cargo trailer in a

grassy

field near the end of the airport.

The good news is that the four people on-board although badly burned did
manage to escape and are now being treated in hospital.

The crash was at Evergreen Sky Park near Black Diamond. The pilot and one

of

the passengers was seriously burned; the pilot while dragging his

passengers

out of the plane. They were airlifted to Harborview, known for its burn

and

trauma center. If you get burned, you could do a lot worse than

Harborview,

so the victims are in the best possible hands. The other two passengers

were

not seriously injured, but were taken to Harborview anyway.

Cockpit Colin wrote:

People sometimes ask why I go to the trouble of wearing nomex Tee shirt /
Longjohns and a nomex flight suit (others don't ask - they just smirk). This
is the reason.

"Chance favours only the well prepared"

Do you make all your passengers wear Nomex undergarments?

--
Peter