Interesting pic

"JGalban via AviationKB.com" u32749@uwe wrote in
news:8743a415138a6@uwe:

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

It has to be the truck in the background!
No way an airplane is going to do that much damage unless it hit the
truck at very high speed and pretty much obliterated itself...


Nope. That's the one that the Mooney hit. A Mooney mechanic
friend took
a look at the pics and he figures that it was a combination of the
mass of the engine, plus the sturdy steel cage in the Mooney.

BTW, the plane did hit the truck at a pretty high speed. He had
firewalled
it to attempt a go-around about 500 ft. before impact. He was pretty
close to takeoff speed.


Ah, OK. i hadn't expected the engine to have been part of the accident,
really. Even then, that's an amazing amount of damage. It's kind of the
equivelant of a beercan hitting a dumpster except for the engine. Amazing
the occupants of the Mooney weren't killed.


Bertie

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:54:03 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
wrote:

"JGalban via AviationKB.com" u32749@uwe wrote in
news:8743a415138a6@uwe:

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

It has to be the truck in the background!
No way an airplane is going to do that much damage unless it hit the
truck at very high speed and pretty much obliterated itself...


Nope. That's the one that the Mooney hit. A Mooney mechanic
friend took
a look at the pics and he figures that it was a combination of the
mass of the engine, plus the sturdy steel cage in the Mooney.

BTW, the plane did hit the truck at a pretty high speed. He had
firewalled
it to attempt a go-around about 500 ft. before impact. He was pretty
close to takeoff speed.


Ah, OK. i hadn't expected the engine to have been part of the accident,
really. Even then, that's an amazing amount of damage. It's kind of the
equivelant of a beercan hitting a dumpster except for the engine. Amazing
the occupants of the Mooney weren't killed.


Bertie

amazes me that there are no prop strike marks on the truck.
considering that it was almost airborne.
curiouser and curiouser.

Stealth (fishy) pilot

Stealth Pilot wrote in
:

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:54:03 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
wrote:

"JGalban via AviationKB.com" u32749@uwe wrote in
news:8743a415138a6@uwe:

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

It has to be the truck in the background!
No way an airplane is going to do that much damage unless it hit the
truck at very high speed and pretty much obliterated itself...


Nope. That's the one that the Mooney hit. A Mooney mechanic
friend took
a look at the pics and he figures that it was a combination of the
mass of the engine, plus the sturdy steel cage in the Mooney.

BTW, the plane did hit the truck at a pretty high speed. He had
firewalled
it to attempt a go-around about 500 ft. before impact. He was
pretty close to takeoff speed.


Ah, OK. i hadn't expected the engine to have been part of the
accident, really. Even then, that's an amazing amount of damage. It's
kind of the equivelant of a beercan hitting a dumpster except for the
engine. Amazing the occupants of the Mooney weren't killed.


Bertie

amazes me that there are no prop strike marks on the truck.
considering that it was almost airborne.
curiouser and curiouser.


Yeah, I agree. It just doesn't look like an airplane hit it. It looks
more like it lived in Oklahoma for a while.


Bertie

"Stealth Pilot" wrote

amazes me that there are no prop strike marks on the truck.
considering that it was almost airborne.
curiouser and curiouser.

Considering that a run-of-the-mil prop is advancing close to 6 feet per
revolution, and that the plane was nearly at take-off speed, that would give
a 3 foot advance before one of the two blades would hit anything.

From that wretched wreck, it would be hard to see if the prop hit one time,
or even two, and after that, there probably wouldn't be any prop left to hit
anything, if you know what I mean!
--
Jim in NC

"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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Ah, OK. i hadn't expected the engine to have been part of the accident,
really. Even then, that's an amazing amount of damage. It's kind of the
equivelant of a beercan hitting a dumpster except for the engine. Amazing
the occupants of the Mooney weren't killed.


Bertie

Duh, a front engine aircraft hit a vehicle on take off run, and you don't
think the engine is going to be part of the accident.

"Maxwell" luv2^fly99@cox.^net wrote in
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"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
...

Ah, OK. i hadn't expected the engine to have been part of the
accident, really. Even then, that's an amazing amount of damage. It's
kind of the equivelant of a beercan hitting a dumpster except for the
engine. Amazing the occupants of the Mooney weren't killed.


Bertie

Duh, a front engine aircraft hit a vehicle on take off run, and you
don't think the engine is going to be part of the accident.



Awww, miss your naptime wannabe boi?


Bertie

JGalban via AviationKB.com wrote:

BTW, the plane did hit the truck at a pretty high speed. He had
firewalled
it to attempt a go-around about 500 ft. before impact. He was pretty
close to takeoff speed.


pretty late to decide for a go-arround on an uphill strip with trees at it's
end (i guess it's big cr). i'm not so sure if a mooney should be my first
choice for that kind of flying...

besides, i can only repeat what dean already said: don't fly the backcountry
without experience. flying, especially taking off and landing, is very
different from what most pilots are used to.


cheers,
uli

"JGalban" wrote ...
A Mooney mechanic friend took a look at the pics and
he figures that it was a combination of the mass of
the engine, plus the sturdy steel cage in the Mooney.


Mooney has a steel cage?

"Mike Isaksen" wrote in news:btIfk.451$6O4.14
@trnddc06:


"JGalban" wrote ...
A Mooney mechanic friend took a look at the pics and
he figures that it was a combination of the mass of
the engine, plus the sturdy steel cage in the Mooney.


Mooney has a steel cage?




Well, not a steel cage, but the forward half of the fuselage is a steel
tube structure, just like a cub.


Bertie

"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
...
"Mike Isaksen" wrote in news:btIfk.451$6O4.14
@trnddc06:


"JGalban" wrote ...
A Mooney mechanic friend took a look at the pics and
he figures that it was a combination of the mass of
the engine, plus the sturdy steel cage in the Mooney.


Mooney has a steel cage?




Well, not a steel cage, but the forward half of the fuselage is a steel
tube structure, just like a cub.


Bertie

Well duh, would that not be a steel cage like a cub?