Missing Plane in Nevada - Please Help

[cforst513]

jeez. at least maybe the family can get some closure now

 

[pilotmiketx]

Suck. At least it was found quickly. Unlike that Learjet that took years to find.

 

[HAL]

Suck. At least it was found quickly. Unlike that Learjet that took years to find.

That can be a real heartbreaker when they never find the wreckage.

Ten years ago I was working part time as a CFI, and full time in a QC lab at a milk & ice cream plant. The dairy had hired some contract engineers as part of an upgrade/remodel of the computer control system for the plant, and one of those engineers was working on his private pilots license. Of course we talked quite a bit during breaks about aviation, and he was really excited about his flying. I helped him out getting ready for his written, and gave him some help with what to look for in the maneuvers for the practical test. He was very happy when he got his license, and was really proud to show me the temporary cert.

A few months later he took his father and uncle flying and they disappeared. The wreckage has never been found. It's like a burr under the saddle for me, and I wish there was some closure, but it is possible there never will be any. They disappeared in the rough terrain of the northern Washington Cascade mountains. I thought that maybe when there were some extensive fires through the area in years past they might find the wreckage, but so far nothing. It's been ten years. Maybe someday, maybe not.

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001207X04592&key=1

HAL

 

[Lead Sled]

That can be a real heartbreaker when they never find the wreckage.

Back when I was in high school, the parents of a friend of mine went down somewhere in the mountains of California. They have never been found, it's been 40 years. It has been a real heart breaker.

'Sled

 

[cforst513]

see, this is amazing to me that these airplanes can go missing for so long. you'd think that somehow, someone just MIGHT happen to look down in the specific spot at a specific time and notice a wing. so sad. i cannot even imagine.

 

[Pugh]

Goes to show no matter how far we progress technologically we will never beat human nature...Earth is much larger than we are and a small plane in rough terrain is like finding a needle in a haystack.

 

[futurama08]

Pugh: You mean mother nature right?

 

[cforst513]

that's true, pugh. plus, out there in the west, there is a seemingly endless supply of pine trees that unfortunately don't lose their needles each fall. can you imagine being a hiker and coming across someone's wreckage? i'd be traumatized!

 

[Lead Sled]

And unfortunately, often what's left over after an accident doesn't look much like an airplane.

'Sled