Two PA fatalities in 2 wks.

Follow the links to news of two fatals in Centre Co., PA in the last 2
weeks.


http://www.topix.net/content/kri/200...r-crash-deadly

http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/story/152651.html

Be careful guys and gals.

Gary Adams
"GE8"

And both are G102s. Coincidence?

At 18:06 16 July 2007, Bob Greenblatt wrote:
And both are G102s. Coincidence?



Actually it states one is a Speed Astir 11 - A Grob
G104 - a minor irrelevance considering the circumstances.

Both Grobs I suppose - but then how many people died
driving Fords in the past two weeks?

Bob Greenblatt wrote:
Coincidence?

Most likely.

But ya never know.

'til ya know.

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On Jul 16, 5:16 pm, wrote:
Follow the links to news of two fatals in Centre Co., PA in the last 2
weeks.

http://www.topix.net/content/kri/200...r-crash-deadly

NTSB prelim is due this week on that one.


Dan

On Jul 16, 2:39?pm, Dan G wrote:
On Jul 16, 5:16 pm, wrote:

Follow the links to news of two fatals in Centre Co., PA in the last 2
weeks.

http://www.topix.net/content/kri/200...r-crash-deadly

NTSB prelim is due this week on that one.

Dan

From Tom Knauff's email this morning:

Witnesses report the 65 year old pilot of a Grob 102 made a normal turn onto the base leg then nosed straight down into the forest.

Initial reports by the FAA inspector indicate there was nothing wrong with the glider.

Thomas Knauff

Gary

On 7/16/07 12:04 PM, in article , "Bob
Greenblatt" wrote:

And both are G102s. Coincidence?

Yes.

This is the kind of random event pair that tabloid news services (Fox News,
for example) or your typical ill-informed government agency (all of them,
basically) will try to make into some dangerous pattern.

But, statistically speaking, this isn't even a cluster.

My sympathies to the family and friends of the deceased. We had a fatal
accident where I fly a few months ago, and it's a really hard thing to deal
with. Still having repercussions.

Just be careful out there,
Bullwinkle

At 02:12 17 July 2007, Bullwinkle wrote:
On 7/16/07 12:04 PM, in article ,
'Bob
Greenblatt' wrote:

And both are G102s. Coincidence?

Yes.

This is the kind of random event pair that tabloid
news services (Fox News,
for example) or your typical ill-informed government
agency (all of them,
basically) will try to make into some dangerous pattern.

But, statistically speaking, this isn't even a cluster.

My sympathies to the family and friends of the deceased.
We had a fatal
accident where I fly a few months ago, and it's a really
hard thing to deal
with. Still having repercussions.

Just be careful out there,
Bullwinkle

Except they weren't BOTH G102's!!!!. (If the news reports
are corect the one is a Speed Astir 11, which is a
G104).

Nick Olson wrote:
At 02:12 17 July 2007, Bullwinkle wrote:
On 7/16/07 12:04 PM, in article ,
'Bob
Greenblatt' wrote:

And both are G102s. Coincidence?

Yes.

This is the kind of random event pair that tabloid
news services (Fox News,
for example) or your typical ill-informed government
agency (all of them,
basically) will try to make into some dangerous pattern.

But, statistically speaking, this isn't even a cluster.

My sympathies to the family and friends of the deceased.
We had a fatal
accident where I fly a few months ago, and it's a really
hard thing to deal
with. Still having repercussions.

Just be careful out there,
Bullwinkle

Except they weren't BOTH G102's!!!!. (If the news reports
are corect the one is a Speed Astir 11, which is a
G104).


Still two too many deaths.

Talking about clusters, last year, if memory serves, there were two
fatalities involving Scheibe motorgliders, within less than a month of
each other.