Pasco County Plane Crash

[ShawnC]

1 dead 1 injured.

Was a demo flight to sell the aircraft, a 1957 Aeronca. The buyer is dead.

Edit: Opps forgot the link http://news.tbo.com/news/MGAFKMENUND.html

 

[Flying Illini]

It seems like half the posts this week have been about planes hitting the ground in a not-so-controlled manner. What gives?!

Fly safe

 

[ShawnC]

It seems like half the posts this week have been about planes hitting the ground in a not-so-controlled manner. What gives?!

Fly safe

It's one of those weeks.

 

[rfeathe1]

I'm still scratching my head, trying to figure out how anyone got hurt, let alone killed in this mishap. The Aeronca Chief lands so slow it seems it would take a special effort on the part of the pilot to hurt him/herself. Maybe the autopsy will reveal the pilot was incapacitated--but it still will not explain why the other occupant was in critical condition. 35 years ago, I landed a PA 12 in deep snow & ended up standing on my nose--no damage to the aircraft or pilot.

 

[rfeathe1]

I just noticed the picture is missing from the website--it was there yesterday. It showed the Chief standing on it's nose with some damage to the L wingtip & cowling. I live just 50 or 60 miles north of there & the local papers are full of it--picture & all.

 

[ShawnC]

Yeah the last one I saw, looked like a sloopy off-field landing, but there wasn't much damage. Guess they removed it because of bandwidth.

 

[Toy Soldier]

Two plane crashes within 13 miles of each other in a month south of Atlanta.

1. A Baron crashed into a building shortly after takeoff.

2. A King Air 200 crashed on a final instrument approach after being cleared to "change to advisory frequency".

 

[KigAir]

Any word on the King Air crash? Thanks.