Missing Bo

315NM distance. Over rocks, sparse population, at night. Off the charts on my SE risk meter. Hope for the best, but no promising at all.
 
docmirror said:
315NM distance. Over rocks, sparse population, at night. Off the charts on my SE risk meter. Hope for the best, but no promising at all.
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http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?t=83929


They flew from 4pm to 7pm. Wasn't at night. And I don't see what difference a 406 ELT would make if they're dead. Apparently the cell phones were still connected to the network at 11:30 PM. Or at least one was.

http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?t=83929

Also there was another earlier thread about this.
 
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Another article I read about this stated the pilot was trying out a new GPS.
 
old cfi said:
Another article I read about this stated the pilot was trying out a new GPS.
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Was that the same article that said he needed glasses to see?

News reporters will zero in on any tidbit of info they can find.
 
My bad. I didn't read the linked article carefully enough.
 
There's hope!

https://twitter.com/AP/status/620731786520301568
BREAKING: Sheriff: Washington state motorist finds girl who says she survived small plane crash Saturday.
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UPDATE
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/6c41d35e2e5c453a83a2f5aa8020b18d/searchers-comb-rugged-area-missing-plane-3-aboard

SEATTLE (AP) — A driver picked up a teenage girl who survived a small plane crash in a mountainous area in Washington state, authorities said.

Crews had been searching for the plane with three aboard after it failed to reach its destination. Okanogan County Sheriff Frank Rogers said Monday afternoon that the girl managed to walk to a trailhead, where she was picked up by a motorist and brought to a store in Mazama, Washington.

Tthe girl had been "walking for a couple of days," Rogers said. She was being taken to a local hospital and she seemed to be in stable condition, he said. Rogers wouldn't comment on the status of the other two people aboard the plane.

Officials had identified those aboard as Leland and Sharon Bowman of Marion, Montana, and their 16-year-old step-granddaughter, Autumn Veatch, of Bellingham, Washington.

"We're not going into the status of the grandparents. She was the only one who walked out," Rogers told The Associated Press. "She just said they came out of the clouds, and it crashed."

The Beech A-35 left Kalispell, Montana, about 1 p.m. PDT Saturday, headed for Lynden, Washington. Family members notified authorities when the plane did not arrive.

Five aircraft had been flying over a rugged, mountainous area of Washington state on Monday, searching for the small, private plane.

The plane crossed the Idaho-Washington border about 2:20 p.m. PDT Saturday, but it dropped off the radar near Omak, Washington, about an hour later, transportation officials said.

The last phone signal from one of the plane's occupants was detected around 3:50 p.m.

The search Monday had focused on an area south of Mount Baker and northeast of Seattle.

The Civil Air Patrol's Cell Phone Forensics and Radar Analysis teams were analyzing clues left by the phones that were on board.

Five aircraft equipped with special radios for detecting the missing plane's emergency-locator transmitter searched the mountains while ground crews focused on areas between Mazama, Washington, and the Rainy Pass area, officials said.

"These grids contain some of the toughest mountainous terrain in the state," Civil Air Patrol spokeswoman Julie DeBardelaben said.

Rain early Monday slowed efforts, but clearing skies in the afternoon were expected to help with the search.
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Wow, that's amazing! The article I read said she stayed with the plane for about a day (which is what people are trained to do in general even with car wrecks), and then huffed it out.
 
woodchucker said:
Wow, that's amazing! The article I read said she stayed with the plane for about a day (which is what people are trained to do in general even with car wrecks), and then huffed it out.
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Another report said that she also unsuccessfully tried to pull her grandparents out of the plane. :sad:
 
"She just said they came out of the clouds, and it crashed."

Now sounds definitely VFR into IMC. What a waste. Grateful for at least one survivor.
 
German guy said:
Another report said that she also unsuccessfully tried to pull her grandparents out of the plane. :sad:
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Older adults, injured, 5 days out, the outcome is likely going to be pretty bad according to the survival 3-3-3 rule.
 
SbestCFII said:
Older adults, injured, 5 days out, the outcome is likely going to be pretty bad according to the survival 3-3-3 rule.
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For one of the 3's I carry a lifestraw anytime I'm outdoors or could be for a while. Cheap, light, and delivers clean water.
 
SbestCFII said:
"She just said they came out of the clouds, and it crashed."

Now sounds definitely VFR into IMC. What a waste. Grateful for at least one survivor.
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They hadn't filed IFR right?

Sounds like another accident that could of been prevented by simply following the rules.
 
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Bill Jennings said:
For one of the 3's I carry a lifestraw anytime I'm outdoors or could be for a while. Cheap, light, and delivers clean water.
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+1

We also always carry a bright orange backpack with a survival kit, including a PLB, within arms reach in the plane with us. What a horrible thought to survive a crash, possibly close to a road, but to not be able to make it there because of a relatively small injury like a broken leg.

I think that this case is also a strong reminder of how difficult it can be to find a downed aircraft. What distance can a injured girl cover in two days in rugged terrain? 10 miles? 15? Her description of how she made it out gave further clues. Still, they haven't found the plane yet...

With a PLB and if the girl would have known how to activate it, they would have most likely been found withing a few hours. A SPOT, linked to Flight Service, might have also helped.
 
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German guy said:
+1

We also always carry a bright orange backpack with a survival kit, including a PLB, within arms reach in the plane with us. What a horrible thought to survive a crash, possibly close to a road, but to not be able to make it there because of a relatively small injury like a broken leg.

I think that this case is also a strong reminder of how difficult it can be to find a downed aircraft. What distance can a injured girl cover in two days in rugged terrain? 10 miles? 15? Her description of how she made it out gave further clues. Still, they haven't found the plane yet...

With a PLB and if the girl would have known how to activate it, they would have most likely been found withing a few hours. A SPOT, linked to Flight Service, might have also helped.
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They believe they have it spotted this morning. but it will take a day to hike in. or helo ?
 
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