Sad, Bizarre Crash

alphaone · March 7th, 2006, 22:58

I still don't know anyone personally who has died from aviation, thank God, but today it got too close. I got a call from a girl I went to High School with today who said her uncle died in a plane crash in OK. She called me cause I'm a pilot and I talked to her about it. I found some interesting info about him actually being an airline pilot, so I looked it up and on FlightInfo it says he was a 767 captain for AAL. He was 59 and two months away from retiring...
Here is the links for both:
http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?t=74407
http://www.kotv.com/main/home/storie...ge=1&id=100073

Everyone, please be careful. And I know it is still early and never to speculate BUT, as a young pilot with 100 hours, what can I learn when a 767 captain with 10923418736418736 hours of experience flies into the ground?

JEP · March 7th, 2006, 23:07

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Originally Posted by alphaone

........Everyone, please be careful. And I know it is still early and never to speculate BUT, as a young pilot with 100 hours, what can I learn when a 767 captain with 10923418736418736 hours of experience flies into the ground?

http://www.faa.gov/data_statistics/a...a/01_18045.txt

It just goes to show that things happen and sometimes the experience one has will have little effect. The faa report doesn't say anything so one cannot even speculate as to what happened (and that's a good thing). All you can do is wait for the details to come out and try and possibly learn something from it.

In no way am I referring to this specific accident, but it's been said before, "Pilots are not inventing new ways of killing themseleves". If you browse through the NTSB database, you will see the same mistakes happening again and again.

FlySooner9 · March 7th, 2006, 23:08

this crash was about an hour from my house. Word is he was flying to Dallas with an airplane he just sold to a fellow down there. Very sad.

flyboy04 · March 7th, 2006, 23:13

Serves as a good reminder than no matter what your age or what your flight time accidents happen. I had a friend a few years ago with thousands of hours as a cropduster die in a crash on the way back to the airport, last i heard everyone thought he had a heart attack or stroke and went down. The best way to avoid accident is to be smart, make sure the plane is safe and solid, avoid weather and conditions your not comfortable with, and even if you hold a first class medical you got yesterday, if you dont feel healthy enough to fly, dont. And even if you take all the precautions , although rare, accidents can happen. Just remember to keep your head in the game and stick to your training.

mtsu_av8er · March 8th, 2006, 00:28

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Originally Posted by Craig_Davidson

Word is he was flying to Dallas with an airplane he just sold to a fellow down there.

So, does the buyer get his money back?

frog_flyer · March 8th, 2006, 00:34

god what a horrible thing to ask

mtsu_av8er · March 8th, 2006, 00:39

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Originally Posted by frog_flyer

god what a horrible thing to ask

I thought "God" should have a capital G . . . ?

Aero_Engineer · March 8th, 2006, 02:50

Stuff happens, no matter how experienced you are you got be on top of everything when in that cockpit, No matter if it is a 777 or a C-172.
You make sure you have planned your flight correectly and bla bla bla and NEVER EVER let ego get to you, this is not something you mess with, people depend on you in the back of that peace of metal to get to their destination safely.
Even in a GA aircraft you make sure you get there in one peace.

flyover · March 8th, 2006, 08:32

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Originally Posted by Aero_Engineer

Even in a GA aircraft you make sure you get there in one peace.

Or you rest in piece.

Aero_Engineer · March 8th, 2006, 17:18

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Originally Posted by flyover

Or you rest in piece.

Sorry about that one!!

Bog · March 9th, 2006, 12:35

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Originally Posted by alphaone

I still don't know anyone personally who has died from aviation, thank God, but today it got too close.

It really sucks. No other way to put it.

AP2B · March 9th, 2006, 14:53

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Gotta love the media. I wonder if they showed this on the tv news? A veteran airline pilot dies in a tragic accident two months before retirement. They report this story, show this picture, and then move on to peanut oil in McD's french fries. I just don't care for this kind of visual exploitation.
May he rest in peace and his family cope.

March 7th, 2006, 22:58	#1
alphaone Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 784	Sad, Bizarre Crash I still don't know anyone personally who has died from aviation, thank God, but today it got too close. I got a call from a girl I went to High School with today who said her uncle died in a plane crash in OK. She called me cause I'm a pilot and I talked to her about it. I found some interesting info about him actually being an airline pilot, so I looked it up and on FlightInfo it says he was a 767 captain for AAL. He was 59 and two months away from retiring... Here is the links for both: http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?t=74407 http://www.kotv.com/main/home/storie...ge=1&id=100073 Everyone, please be careful. And I know it is still early and never to speculate BUT, as a young pilot with 100 hours, what can I learn when a 767 captain with 10923418736418736 hours of experience flies into the ground? __________________ 8/20/05 PPL 8/16/06 IR

March 7th, 2006, 23:13	#4
flyboy04 Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 290	Serves as a good reminder than no matter what your age or what your flight time accidents happen. I had a friend a few years ago with thousands of hours as a cropduster die in a crash on the way back to the airport, last i heard everyone thought he had a heart attack or stroke and went down. The best way to avoid accident is to be smart, make sure the plane is safe and solid, avoid weather and conditions your not comfortable with, and even if you hold a first class medical you got yesterday, if you dont feel healthy enough to fly, dont. And even if you take all the precautions , although rare, accidents can happen. Just remember to keep your head in the game and stick to your training. __________________ C-SEL, C-MEL, I/A, CFI. CFII, MEI

March 8th, 2006, 00:34	#6
frog_flyer Old Skool Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: FTW Posts: 4,092	god what a horrible thing to ask __________________ "There needs to be more drinking here on JC. We need more ******* partying!" -Doug Taylor 260TT 25 ME

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March 7th, 2006, 23:08	#3
FlySooner9 Junior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Southern Oklahoma Posts: 220	this crash was about an hour from my house. Word is he was flying to Dallas with an airplane he just sold to a fellow down there. Very sad.

March 8th, 2006, 02:50	#8
Aero_Engineer Old Skool Join Date: May 2005 Location: California, USA Posts: 2,052	Stuff happens, no matter how experienced you are you got be on top of everything when in that cockpit, No matter if it is a 777 or a C-172. You make sure you have planned your flight correectly and bla bla bla and NEVER EVER let ego get to you, this is not something you mess with, people depend on you in the back of that peace of metal to get to their destination safely. Even in a GA aircraft you make sure you get there in one peace.

March 9th, 2006, 14:53	#12
AP2B Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The IND SOC / TYQ Posts: 659	[IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/JEFFRE%7E1.FOS/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg[/IMG] Gotta love the media. I wonder if they showed this on the tv news? A veteran airline pilot dies in a tragic accident two months before retirement. They report this story, show this picture, and then move on to peanut oil in McD's french fries. I just don't care for this kind of visual exploitation. May he rest in peace and his family cope.