Thorp T-18 crash at Paine Field

About 3:00 this afternoon. Apparently he had some sort of problem with
the plane after taking off, so he turned around, but he overshot the
field and hit a fence and flipped over. The pilot was taken to
Harborview Medical Center with what were described as non-life
threatening injuries.

Photos of the scene show what appears to be a nicely built Thorp. Some
witnesses reported that there was a fire but the video does not show
anything like fire damage. People who were at Paine Field said the
pilot did not touch down until almost the very end of the runway.

No word on whether he has been released from the hospital. Tail number
was N3715 -- if any of you know him and he is still at Harborview he
might appreciate a visit from some of his buddies.
--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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About 3:00 this afternoon. Apparently he had some sort of problem with the
plane after taking off, so he turned around, but he overshot the field and
hit a fence and flipped over. The pilot was taken to Harborview Medical
Center with what were described as non-life threatening injuries.

Photos of the scene show what appears to be a nicely built Thorp. Some
witnesses reported that there was a fire but the video does not show
anything like fire damage. People who were at Paine Field said the pilot
did not touch down until almost the very end of the runway.

No word on whether he has been released from the hospital. Tail number was
N3715 -- if any of you know him and he is still at Harborview he might
appreciate a visit from some of his buddies.
--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor


N3715,
HAMMER ROBERT H,
1969,THORP,T-18,
LYCOMING,0-290 SERIES,
KIRKLAND,WA,

No word on whether he has been released from the hospital. Tail number was
N3715 -- if any of you know him and he is still at Harborview he might
appreciate a visit from some of his buddies.


If I'm not mistaken, the owner Bob Hammer is one of the driving forces
behind the ME-262 project at Paine Field.

Cheers:

Paul
N1431A
KPLU

On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:25:43 -0700, "Tri-Pacer" wrote:


No word on whether he has been released from the hospital. Tail number was
N3715 -- if any of you know him and he is still at Harborview he might
appreciate a visit from some of his buddies.

If I'm not mistaken, the owner Bob Hammer is one of the driving forces
behind the ME-262 project at Paine Field.

He is *the* driving force...head of the operation. He's also built a Grand
Champion homebuilt, a Thurston Seafire, and his own jet (~25 years ago). Member
and past president of Seattle EAA 26.

Don't know if it was Bob flying the T-18; footage on TV of the pilot on a
stretcher didn't show enough. But the paper said the pilot was taken to the
hospital and released.

Ron Wanttaja

"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
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On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:25:43 -0700, "Tri-Pacer"
wrote:


No word on whether he has been released from the hospital. Tail number
was
N3715 -- if any of you know him and he is still at Harborview he might
appreciate a visit from some of his buddies.

If I'm not mistaken, the owner Bob Hammer is one of the driving forces
behind the ME-262 project at Paine Field.

He is *the* driving force...head of the operation. He's also built a
Grand
Champion homebuilt, a Thurston Seafire, and his own jet (~25 years ago).
Member
and past president of Seattle EAA 26.

Don't know if it was Bob flying the T-18; footage on TV of the pilot on a
stretcher didn't show enough. But the paper said the pilot was taken to
the
hospital and released.

Ron Wanttaja

Bob is OK!

The other Bob @ 262