Plane crashes into tree

"Ron Lee" wrote

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Apparently lost power when attempting nightime touch n goes last night
around 530 PM at Meadow Lake airport (00V). Pilot walked away from
the aircraft with no apparent serious injuries.

That is one of the strangest crash pictures I have ever seen. One lucky hombre.
--
Jim in NC

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"Ron Lee" wrote

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Apparently lost power when attempting nightime touch n goes last
night around 530 PM at Meadow Lake airport (00V). Pilot walked away
from the aircraft with no apparent serious injuries.

That is one of the strangest crash pictures I have ever seen. One
lucky hombre.

I particularly liked the "Learn to fly here" sign.

Neil

"Neil Gould" wrote in message
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That is one of the strangest crash pictures I have ever seen. One
lucky hombre.

I particularly liked the "Learn to fly here" sign.

It must have been a hairy crash, 'cause my ribs hurt!!

-c

"Neil Gould" wrote in message
I particularly liked the "Learn to fly here" sign.

"gatt" wrote:
It must have been a hairy crash, 'cause my ribs hurt!!

Having watched the salvage people haul my airplane away (they are NOT
careful in any way whatsoever), I would have liked to see how they
handled this one in the tree ... wonder how much is left of the tree.

unicate wrote:

"Neil Gould" wrote in message
I particularly liked the "Learn to fly here" sign.

"gatt" wrote:
It must have been a hairy crash, 'cause my ribs hurt!!

Having watched the salvage people haul my airplane away (they are NOT
careful in any way whatsoever), I would have liked to see how they
handled this one in the tree ... wonder how much is left of the tree.

I was doing a runup while it was partially removed. Today I noticed
that they cut off what may have been the trunk that held up the left
wing. Since I was going flying I did not stop to watch the process.
Since the plane was totaled anyway any additional damage was moot.
However, the engine may have been ok.

Ron Lee

It must have been a hairy crash, 'cause my ribs hurt!!

Having watched the salvage people haul my airplane away (they are NOT
careful in any way whatsoever), I would have liked to see how they
handled this one in the tree ... wonder how much is left of the tree.

I was doing a runup while it was partially removed. Today I noticed
that they cut off what may have been the trunk that held up the left
wing. Since I was going flying I did not stop to watch the process.
Since the plane was totaled anyway any additional damage was moot.
However, the engine may have been ok.

In some jurisdictions, depending partially upon the species of tree, the
tree may be legally protected--especially if it is on the site plan plot.
Thus unessary damage to the tree could cause liability to whoever did it
and/or whoever authorized it.

I suppose that on some level, all of that is hilarious, however I find the
'trees over people' concept quite annoying!

Peter

however I find the
'trees over people' concept quite annoying!

I don't think it's trees over people, it's trees over convenience. If
people were in danger, I doubt that the tree would win if there were no
other ways of mitigating the danger.

Jose
--
"There are 3 secrets to the perfect landing. Unfortunately, nobody knows
what they are." - (mike).
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On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:20:36 -0700, unicate wrote:

"Neil Gould" wrote in message
I particularly liked the "Learn to fly here" sign.

"gatt" wrote:
It must have been a hairy crash, 'cause my ribs hurt!!

Having watched the salvage people haul my airplane away (they are NOT
careful in any way whatsoever), I would have liked to see how they
handled this one in the tree ... wonder how much is left of the tree.

Speaking of handeling:

Some years back I had the Deb into Battle Creek for a dynamic prop
balancing. A flat bed pulled in with a 421 on the back. It had
suffered a hard landing which folded the gear back, but not much
damage to the plane itself although I can't speak for the spars
internally. As I recall the engines had a slight nose down tilt
compared to the wings. That must have been one hard landing.

The wings had been removed, then the fuselage was set on the bed of
the truck. The wings were held on edge in cradles. I noted the wings
had been picked up by straps that had cut deeply into the trailing
edges and the fuselage was chained down with "Farmer bolts" screwed
into all four of the clevis wing attach points on the fuselage. Those
"Farmer bolts" were slightly over size so they cut threads into each
clevis.

For those who don't know "Farmer Bolts", they are coarse threaded,
square headed bolts.
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Might they also be more properly called "stove bolts"?

For those who don't know "Farmer Bolts", they are coarse threaded,
square headed bolts.

"john smith" wrote in message
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Might they also be more properly called "stove bolts"?

For those who don't know "Farmer Bolts", they are coarse threaded,
square headed bolts.


Traditionally, a stove bolt is a bolt with a round head and straight
slot--of the same type as a round-head wood screw.

Peter