L39 Albatros Crashes and Burns in AK Trailer Park, Pilot Ejected...

[FN FAL]

Well true, it is more of a trainer than anything else, but there are combat variants flying out there in some military forces.
The one that happened to crash wasn't one of them, tho.

It would be bad for war bird collectors if this did turn out to be a "black sunday" scenario gone bad.

 

[MaxTorque]

There is a lot more to this incident than meets the eye. It will likely come out in time. The news reported the pilot asked ATC for nav help - so it sounds like a "nearest airport" call went out. Part of the seat is still active so that is impeding the recovery.

MT

 

[Say Again Over]

Didn't some airline owner die in the L39 a few years ago? Does anyone know what company in Vegas bought the airplane?

 

[big pimpn']

http://www.prideaircraft.com/forsale.htm

Billionaires buy former military jets such as the L39 every day, mostly to fly for fun. I can’t believe that’s top secret information to the FBI.

 

[Brownshoe]

Does the L-39 have airframe anti-ice/deice capability?


http://www.sitnews.us/0106news/012606/012606_crash_ketchikan.html
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** Report created 1/26/2006 Record 1 **
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IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 104XX Make/Model: L39 Description: L-39/139 Albatross
Date: 01/25/2006 Time: 2150
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Destroyed
LOCATION
City: KETCHIKAN State: AK Country: US
DESCRIPTION
ACFT ON ATTEMPED LANDING, CRASHED INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA, THE ONE PERSON
ON BOARD WAS FATALLY INJURIED, KETCHIKAN, AK
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 1
# Crew: 1 Fat: 1 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
WEATHER: METAR PAVT 252153Z 33014KT 4SM -SN BR SCT004 BKN012 OVC023 A2933
OTHER DATA
Departed: SITKA, AK Dep Date: 01/25/2006 Dep. Time: 2047
Destination: Flt Plan: Wx Briefing: Y
Last Radio Cont:
Last Clearance: FAA FSDO: JUNEAU, AK (AL05) Entry date: 01/26/2006

 

[agpilot34]

Don't believe the L-39 has anti-ice/deice capability as far as I know.

 

[MaxTorque]

The news is onto some of the conflict associated with this whole deal now. There was a deal for 4 planes that were shipped up to Alaska. A dispute developed over the assembly and airworthyness followed by an altercation between the buyer & seller, then 2 of the planes were "repoed" or stolen depending on your point of view - that may be one of the reasons the FBI is involved.

MT

 

[A Squared]

Didn't some airline owner die in the L39 a few years ago?

Yeah. Michael Chowdry of Atlas died in an L-39 crash.

 

[FN FAL]

Yeah. Michael Chowdry of Atlas died in an L-39 crash.

Wasn't that one of those, "hey, watch this!" kind of deals, with a 16 year-old female passenger on board?

 

[A Squared]

Wasn't that one of those, "hey, watch this!" kind of deals, with a 16 year-old female passenger on board?

I think you may be thinking of a different crash. There was some rich guy who was a Northern lights (demo team that used to fly l-39's) wannabe. He had his plane painted to match the Northern lights team planes. He crashed doing inverted manuvers at low altitude with a young female passenger. Seems like that was in Louisianna