Stearman flat hats a cotton picker and looses a wheel

Jim K

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This popped up on my FB feed this morning. A pair of Stearmans buzz a cotton harvester and one of them hits it. ASN article below has links to two videos from different angles, both on FB. Word is the pilot's wife was riding in the picker and the pass was expected, hence the clear videos. The operator of the picker was on top of it filming and allegedly changing the roll of bale wrap, and had to duck behind the machine to avoid being hit. In the second video you can see him pop up after the planes pass.

Accident Boeing-Stearman A75N1 (PT-17) Kaydet N58383, Wednesday 4 October 2023

A Boeing Stearman A75N1 (PT-17) Kaydet, N58383, clipped a Cotton Picker and force landed to farm field terrain during a low-level flight, one with smoke on, near Gunnison, Mississippi. Th...
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Jim K said:
This popped up on my FB feed this morning. A pair of Stearmans buzz a cotton harvester and one of them hits it. ASN article below has links to two videos from different angles, both on FB. Word is the pilot's wife was riding in the picker and the pass was expected, hence the clear videos. The operator of the picker was on top of it filming and allegedly changing the roll of bale wrap, and had to duck behind the machine to avoid being hit. In the second video you can see him pop up after the planes pass.

Accident Boeing-Stearman A75N1 (PT-17) Kaydet N58383, Wednesday 4 October 2023

A Boeing Stearman A75N1 (PT-17) Kaydet, N58383, clipped a Cotton Picker and force landed to farm field terrain during a low-level flight, one with smoke on, near Gunnison, Mississippi. Th...
aviation-safety.net
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Yikes! Talk about FAFO!!!

I wonder how the subsequent landing went.
 
FastEddieB said:
Yikes! Talk about FAFO!!!

I wonder how the subsequent landing went.
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If you watch the first video, the pilot puts the plane down a few hundred feet after the impact. I assume he felt he Impact and cut the throttle. It appears to stay upright.

Meanwhile my insurance is up 10% this year :rolleyes:
 
Jim K said:
If you watch the first video, the pilot puts the plane down a few hundred feet after the impact. I assume he felt he Impact and cut the throttle. It appears to stay upright.

Meanwhile my insurance is up 10% this year :rolleyes:
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Thanks! I missed that on first viewing.
 
Jim K said:
This popped up on my FB feed this morning. A pair of Stearmans buzz a cotton harvester and one of them hits it. ASN article below has links to two videos from different angles, both on FB. Word is the pilot's wife was riding in the picker and the pass was expected, hence the clear videos. The operator of the picker was on top of it filming and allegedly changing the roll of bale wrap, and had to duck behind the machine to avoid being hit. In the second video you can see him pop up after the planes pass.

Accident Boeing-Stearman A75N1 (PT-17) Kaydet N58383, Wednesday 4 October 2023

A Boeing Stearman A75N1 (PT-17) Kaydet, N58383, clipped a Cotton Picker and force landed to farm field terrain during a low-level flight, one with smoke on, near Gunnison, Mississippi. Th...
aviation-safety.net
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“Planned,” as in, “let’s go buzz my wife, I’ll lead,” or “”hey, honey, we’ll buzz you at 8:00 tonight”?

Or maybe, “let’s go buzz that cotton pickin’ wife of mine…I’ll lead, and position us so that you hit the machine.”
 
Jim K said:
If you watch the first video, the pilot puts the plane down a few hundred feet after the impact. I assume he felt he Impact and cut the throttle. It appears to stay upright.

Meanwhile my insurance is up 10% this year :rolleyes:
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For your airplanes and your harvesters.
 
How do you loose a wheel? First you need to lose it.

Why are some pilots, like those flying the two planes, so fricken dumb??
 
Tarheelpilot said:
When buzzing farm equipment you don’t go over the tractor. You go beside the tractor.
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If you go directly over they can't read your N-number. Of course, having it on video from two angles makes that point moot...
 
I wonder if there is an audio tape of "hold our beers, watch this" somewhere?
 
bbchien said:
.....that reeks of "hey, watch (video) this!".......
"careless and reckless".
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That's in Mississippi, it's "Hey y'all, watch this"! It's one of the two famous last words for southerners, along with "Hold my beer".
 
PaulS said:
How do you loose a wheel? First you need to lose it.
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I blame spell check.

I'd also argue that he did, in fact, loose a wheel, much in the same way an archer looses an arrow. And I'm not talking pipers here.
 
Jim K said:
I blame spell check.

I'd also argue that he did, in fact, loose a wheel, much in the same way an archer looses an arrow. And I'm not talking pipers here.
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Just having some fun Jim, that happens to all of us.
 
Jim K said:
I blame spell check.

I'd also argue that he did, in fact, loose a wheel, much in the same way an archer looses an arrow. And I'm not talking pipers here.
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I bow before your taut linguistic skill.
 
The owner of the airplane is ironically called "Air Repair Inc."

That company's webpage brags that unlike their competitors, they test-fly aircraft after repairing them :eek:
 
NoHeat said:
The owner of the airplane is ironically called "Air Repair Inc."

That company's webpage brags that unlike their competitors, they test-fly aircraft after repairing them :eek:
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Air Repair is one if the most respected Stearman maintenance support outfits.

I would be very surprised if Pete (owner) had anything to do with this stunt.
 
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