cirrus

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


http://gazette.net/stories/03182009/...45_32470.shtml


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

--j_a

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.


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


http://gazette.net/stories/03182009/...45_32470.shtml


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

--j_a

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.

"Steve Hix" wrote in message
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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.

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

"Dana M. Hague" wrote in message
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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" wrote in message
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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?

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.