PILOT SPIN
Pilot Zone => Accident Review/Never Again (I hope..) => Topic started by: PeterNSteinmetz on October 30, 2021, 07:51:24 PM
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https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/crime_police/article_7b5c2548-3835-11ec-882d-0f2db473f2d4.html
http://www1.wbrz.com/news/incredible-video-shows-plane-striking-truck-as-it-crash-lands-on-i-12
https://youtu.be/Y6IBZ3McbuU
From BeechTalk:
We put the K35 down after losing all oil pressure. Smoke in the cockpit was first indication.
We were at 2,000 descending to pattern altitude from 7,500 after passing Baton Rouge.
Looking for a field on the south side of 12 but didn’t see anything worth while, told my dad to put her on the interstate. We lined up behind a semi, neither of us saw the black truck under our right wing.
Touched down and the wing hit their driver side and they, reacting, slammed on the brakes and spun us a bit.
Nose gear collapsed when we hit the median grass….
Median was first idea but they had those wire barriers on each side.
My dads pretty upset as his plane is totaled but we are all okay.
I give full credit to having spent a lot of time riding with guys on here doing formation flying and reading crash talk.
As we saw the fields on the ground, opting for a field with gear up probably would have killed us all. Tree stumps and mud are not so forgiving.