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just hangin around...
Pilot found dangling upside-down 2 days after crash
Associated Press BOISE, Idaho - A pilot missing for two days was found alive, dangling upside-down in the wreckage of his single-engine plane in a heavily forested area. ADVERTISEMENT Paul C. Herr, of Pasco, Wash., was in fair condition at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston after his rescue Wednesday, a nursing supervisor said. Members of the sheriff's rescue unit had to rappel into the site in the Clearwater National Forest from a helicopter, then use chain saws to cut a landing pad. "He was in a very steep area, and topographically it's really, really rugged," sheriff's spokeswoman Trudy Slagle said. Herr was making a final leg of the trip from Jackson, Wyo., to Pasco on Monday when he reported engine failure over Idaho, state Transportation Department spokesman Mel Coulter said. Though air traffic controllers in Seattle tried to direct him to an airstrip in Kooskia, Idaho - just 20 miles away - he never arrived. Bad weather kept the rescue workers from carrying out an aerial search until Wednesday. Herr and his wife had gone to Iowa to visit grandchildren. Christine Herr had taken a commercial flight while her husband flew the 40-year-old Piper 180 home solo. |
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houstondan wrote: Pilot found dangling upside-down 2 days after crash Associated Press snip That's one very lucky pilot. The terrain in that area is more vertical than it is horizontal. It looks like a severe case of acne on the sectional chart. John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180) |
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"houstondan" wrote BOISE, Idaho - A pilot missing for two days was found alive, dangling upside-down in the wreckage of his single-engine plane in a heavily forested area. I know he was glad to be alive, and so am I. Two days is a long time to go without relieving one's bladder. Taking a leak upside-down is a pleasure I have never had, thankfully. ;-) I can not imagine how his head and eyes must have felt, with all of the blood rushing to his head for that long. Are there any medical studies on prolonged exposure to negative one G, for that long? I can only presume that he was afraid of shifting weight upsetting the plane's stability, and having it all fall further, if he attempted to free himself. -- Jim in NC |
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houstondan wrote:
Pilot found dangling upside-down 2 days after crash Associated Press [snip] Though air traffic controllers in Seattle tried to direct him to an airstrip in Kooskia, Idaho - just 20 miles away - he never arrived. Assuming total loss of engine power of this Piper 180, at what elevation (above ground) could a glide 20 miles be expected? Sounds like a long way. I realize we'd have to know winds aloft to make a more accurate estimate. Wonder how short he was of making Kooskia. Mike |
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George Patterson wrote: wrote: Assuming total loss of engine power of this Piper 180, at what elevation (above ground) could a glide 20 miles be expected? About 12,000' AGL. Assuming flat ground. In the that part of Idaho, much of the terrain is at around 9K - 10K ft in long ridges. When I'm flying up there, even at 12K ft., I expect to glide no more than a few miles in the event of an engine failure. John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180) |
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