My airplane crashed today.

Holy crap dude, I had a better day for sure.
 
I 3rd 'holy crap'. great news that everyone is ok.
 
Glad to read that they seem to be doing ok.
 
cocolos said:
It hits home.
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says "golf course" in the article.

Seriously though, if you drink - have a drink. If you smoke - have a cigarette.
Very sorry about the airplane, very glad no-one went with.
 
Dang, I am sorry to hear that. Bent metal can be replaced, though. I am glad they got out.
 
Wow! That plane's in worse condition than mine was in 2004(Photo #1).
I had two little scratches(bridge of nose, and one knuckle). But mine's been flying for nine years since the necessary "buffing-out" was completed. Photo #2 = more recent. It'll be in upstate New york during Labor Day weekend, though I won't be flying it.

Unrelated to this thread, I've been amazed recently, at the fuel burn rate: averaging 5.5 gph, and a lot of it has been in pattern work, TOL, and taxiing. It must be a combination of the Powerflow Tuned Exhaust and the four new cylinders from the 2012 Annual.

Happy that the CA flyers are well; sad for your plane.

HR
 

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Is it just me, or is this overwhelming instinct to "turn back to the airport" when power is lost on takeoff emerging as a major training gap?

Coco, glad you're OK. Hopefully also insured!
 
PW_Plack said:
Is it just me, or is this overwhelming instinct to "turn back to the airport" when power is lost on takeoff emerging as a major training gap?

Coco, glad you're OK. Hopefully also insured!
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If you look at the airport layout, it would seem that turning back was the best choice. It's not the turning back that kills you, it's the stall/spin if you don't do it right.
 
That is crazy! I am glad they made it out are are hopefully going to be ok.

The spookiest thing is I took off from that airport in my Cherokee a couple of hours before this happened.

Damn...
 
PW_Plack said:
Is it just me, or is this overwhelming instinct to "turn back to the airport" when power is lost on takeoff emerging as a major training gap?

Coco, glad you're OK. Hopefully also insured!
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I am insured thankfully.

I guess this just makes me think of the dangers in flying.
 
Old Geek said:
If you look at the airport layout, it would seem that turning back was the best choice. It's not the turning back that kills you, it's the stall/spin if you don't do it right.
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Huh? Exec almost always uses 20. There is a golf course at the end, a straight road nearly parallel to the runway, something like 10 city parks, and if you make it a bit higher, a major interstate and a river floodplain that's empty in summer.
 
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Not a word in the article about flight plans! We're getting through to the media!

(Snort... Chuckle...)
 
I like this quote in the comments: Also on an aircraft I thought the fuel is stored on the wings not the engine.
 
Great that all survived and had help to get out of the airplane. Brave guys to get to the scene and risk injury to themselves to assist.

I wonder what Mr Dalley did to "shut off the fuel and stop the leak" when the wings (and fuel tanks) were separated from the airplane. I am guessing he shut off the master and mags to reduce the chance of sparks and the reporter was confused (as usual). :rolleyes:

Cheers
 
cocolos said:
ya I am glad too but just in shock because I fly it frequently. I was goin to fly tomorrow.
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Yeah, the 'what ifs' suck.

Glad the folks survived it. They were lucky a competent pilot person was nearby.

Bet the golf course folks are ****ed about all the trucks and I'm guessing way too much HAZMAT 2 foam but that'll buff out.
 
mcmanigle said:
Oh, come on. That'll buff right out.
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:rofl:

:yes:



Okay, I can just see the guy on the tee, playing the best game of his life when he has to stop play because a plane crashes on the fairway? :rofl:

Glad everyone is okay. :yes:
 
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MAKG1 said:
Huh? Exec almost always uses 20. There is a golf course at the end, a straight road nearly parallel to the runway, something like 10 city parks, and if you make it a bit higher, a major interstate and a river floodplain that's empty in summer.
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I'm not unfamiliar with the area. I did my controlled field checkout there and I'm on the ground there a lot. At a low altitude, the roads are a tangle of traffic and power lines. Take a look on google earth. The golf course was about the only option that didn't involve metal against metal.
 
Sorry for your loss of an aircraft,happy to hear everyone made it out ok.looks like they may have made the best of a bad situation.
 
Old Geek said:
I'm not unfamiliar with the area. I did my controlled field checkout there and I'm on the ground there a lot. At a low altitude, the roads are a tangle of traffic and power lines. Take a look on google earth. The golf course was about the only option that didn't involve metal against metal.
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+1 - straight ahead into residential areas is not a good option there. Turning back towards the airport, even if you're not going to make the runway, is (was) the best call.

Also there is the minor fact that they are both still alive. I say Good job!
 
MAKG1 said:
Huh? Exec almost always uses 20. There is a golf course at the end, a straight road nearly parallel to the runway, something like 10 city parks, and if you make it a bit higher, a major interstate and a river floodplain that's empty in summer.
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Actually 30 is in use a fair amount of time too. I suspect that was the departing field as that is the only way you could end up in the golf course on a turnback attempt.
 
denverpilot said:
Not a word in the article about flight plans! We're getting through to the media!

(Snort... Chuckle...)
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Not only that, there was no mention on just how close the crash site was to a school. In San Diego, especially on channel ten, all off airport landings, no matter how benign, are always reported with their proximity to the nearest school, no matter how many miles away that school might have been. :mad2:

-John
 
If you around flying long enough you will know someone who buys the farm.
I was waiting for the Arrow to come back with the renter ahead of me (and I knew him) and he was overdue by 45 mins at that point. The FBO said to me, "Betcha my airplane is toast." Only minutes later the State police called and said the plane had been making low passes in front of a cottage on a lake (winter, ice, snow) and had bounced off the ice coming out of a dive and then flipped. The pilot and his girlfriend had their skulls crushed.

I was hauling jumpers. Took a coffee break and another pilot flew the jump plane. The very next jump a chute didn't open. Hit the ground right in front of crowd. This was a jumper I had known for years.
 
Small world. One of my FB friends just sold his share of the plane a day before the crash.
 
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