Another crash at OSH?

I said it somewhere. Take the average rate of GA crashes, multiply by the number of aircraft converging on Oshkosh, and I bet you get a crash or two.
 
NOT a crash but an incident.
 
Veering off the runway and collapsing the nose gear isn't a crash? Maybe it's not an accident in the NTSB sense of the word, but he's not going to fly it out of there.
 
Trapper John said:
Maybe it's not an accident in the NTSB sense of the word, but he's not going to fly it out of there.
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Then you've never had the honor of working with the repair shack at Oshkosh. Those folks could make one of those porta-potties fly if they had to.

Jim
 
steingar said:
I said it somewhere. Take the average rate of GA crashes, multiply by the number of aircraft converging on Oshkosh, and I bet you get a crash or two.
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...and it does happen every year.
 
Trapper John said:
Veering off the runway and collapsing the nose gear isn't a crash? Maybe it's not an accident in the NTSB sense of the word, but he's not going to fly it out of there.
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Bet he does. The repair facility there is top notch.

And a nose gear collapse does not meet the criteria for a "crash" in my book.
 
TMetzinger said:
Bet he does. The repair facility there is top notch.
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Look at what old Vikings are worth. The insurance company might total it.

And a nose gear collapse does not meet the criteria for a "crash" in my book.
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If your nose gear collapses when weight is put on it, no it's not a crash. But when you dart off the runway and collapse the gear, what the hell else do you call it? Off-road adventure?
 
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