C182 take-off mishap (Utah backcountry)

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Here is the news article.

Notice where they ended up:
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And here is an approach and landing into Hidden Splendor (skip to 1:40):


Absolutely beautiful terrain.
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BillTIZ said:
That will be expensive recovery.
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I would imagine it'll be something like this

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Hope he not only has insurance, but has it with a good company.
 
Man.... looking at the picture, that is the absolutely shortest and steepest runway I have ever seen..!!!! :lol:
 
James331 said:
I would imagine it'll be something like this


Hope he not only has insurance, but has it with a good company.
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I would more bet that it gets winched over the edge, inspected, and flown out fo whatever repairs it needs.
 
Henning said:
I would more bet that it gets winched over the edge, inspected, and flown out fo whatever repairs it needs.
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Look at the front wheel fairing and gap at the rear of the cowling. The firewall is gunched.
 
Wing is bent bad on the left side. Noway they are gonna fly it out IMO.
 
Clark1961 said:
Look at the front wheel fairing and gap at the rear of the cowling. The firewall is gunched.
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Likely, that will not prevent it from being inspected, braced if necessary, and flown out on a ferry permit. Nobody is paying for a helo extraction on that if it can be prevented.
 
More likely they will take the wings off and trailer it out.

BTDT, but not at that location.
 
Winch it up,disassemble ,truck it out to an airport for maintenance.
 
Henning said:
That's the question, some of those strips you aren't getting a trailer to.
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Digging around a bit it looks like driving to the bottom of some of the cliffs below the airstrip is possible. Don't know which side though.

Looking at other pictures of the aircraft, the fuselage is gunched also. Wing bent, fire wall bent, fuse bent, prop strike, it's a write-off. Cut it to manageable chunks and haul it out.
 
Know a pilot who had a mishap landing at a remote Alaskan backcountry strip. His left main hit a stump on landing. It tore the left main off, then the wing and prop hit. Ended up 100 yards down the strip pointing in the direction he came from. No injuries.

They used a helicopter to get it back to town about 40 miles. Cost him $3000. That was the family rate (he knew the owner of the helicopter charter operation).

They could not fly over 50 knots, the plane would start to swing under the helicopter because of the way the slung it.

Good news is 9 months later, after overhauling engine, left wing and left main repair it's flying better then ever.
 
How does a strip like that ever stay maintained if a grader or other equipment can't drive or be trucked in every now and then?
 
Matthew said:
How does a strip like that ever stay maintained if a grader or other equipment can't drive or be trucked in every now and then?
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It's a desert, not much required in the way of maintenance. It's never soft.
 
Matthew said:
How does a strip like that ever stay maintained if a grader or other equipment can't drive or be trucked in every now and then?
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At all the Wilderness strips in Idaho, motorized equipment is banned so all runway improvements are done by hand or horse drawn landplanes...

I "think" those strips are maintained the same way.. The major damage is caused by tree huggers who purposely destroy those strips by laying boulders on them, or nails, or logs...:mad2::mad2::mad:..

There are some REALLY sick enviro nazis out there ya know..:redface::(
 
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N801BH said:
At all the Wilderness strips in Idaho, motorized equipment is banned so all runway improvements are done by hand or horse drawn landplanes...

I "think" those strips are maintained the same way.. The major damage is caused by tree huggers who purposely destroy thsoe strips by laying boulders on them, or nails, or logs...:mad2::mad2::mad:..

There are some REALLY sick enviro nazis out there ya know..:redface::(
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When horse people complain about back country planes, I have to laugh. A horse has way more impact and does more damage than a plane on tundra tires by the time the camping trip to the same spot is over.
 

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Henning said:
When horse people complain about back country planes, I have to laugh. A horse has way more impact and does more damage than a plane on tundra tires by the time the camping trip to the same spot is over.
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Agreed 100%....:yes:
 
Yeah, looks like there's a road right to it. That makes everything easy.
 
When the winds are squirrely...... hold it on the ground until you can't.

Pretty country!
 
AKBill said:
Know a pilot who had a mishap landing at a remote Alaskan backcountry strip. His left main hit a stump on landing. It tore the left main off, then the wing and prop hit. Ended up 100 yards down the strip pointing in the direction he came from. No injuries.

They used a helicopter to get it back to town about 40 miles. Cost him $3000. That was the family rate (he knew the owner of the helicopter charter operation).

They could not fly over 50 knots, the plane would start to swing under the helicopter because of the way the slung it.

Good news is 9 months later, after overhauling engine, left wing and left main repair it's flying better then ever.
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I've seen a few helicopter recoveries. Insurers hate them. The helo guys do a quit claim so that if the load starts to wobble they cut it loose. Poof, gone. They don't like doing it. Those riggers are as good as I've seen. Very careful. Very calculated. Then they add a drag chute to the tail and off they go. My insurer wouldn't authorize a helicopter retrieval. They paid the costs to fly a new motor and several mechanics to the site to make the plane ferry-worthy.
 
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