Brian Austin
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Tried looking up the N-number but it's either altered or not in the FAA or NTSB databases. Anyone know anything? Might be an older pic, too.
Brian Austin said:Tried looking up the N-number but it's either altered or not in the FAA or NTSB databases. Anyone know anything? Might be an older pic, too.
BING BINGMark S said:IIRC, It was a traffic reporter who ran out of gas while patroling and became a part of the traffic reports that night.
Then there was the Cessna 310 (?) that landed on a road, ran a red light and the tip tanks on each side hit two school buses headed in opposite directions. Four seconds later and you have a disaster of frightening proportions. The tip tanks did not burn, because of course the airplane had run out of fuel.AirBaker said:My instructor always looked down upon landing on a public road. Simply for the fact that now you're indangering the lives of those who chose not to take 'aviation risks'. In the google article it mentioned an arrow landing on a road and injuring a girl in a minivan.
Ken Ibold said:Whether to land on a road depends on the road, of course. And the airplane involved. And the winds/weather. And the other options that might be available. Too many people (IMO) use landing on a road as a given, such as when the power's pulled on a BFR. I had a BFR in which the instructor actually chastised me for NOT setting up for the road (power lines on one side) when I had a nice big unobstructed pasture right underneath me. Turns out she had never in her life landed on grass in anything except a helicopter.
Gary Sortor said:Is he required to notify the FAA?
Brian Austin said:He landed on a public highway. Could that have an impact on NTSB's involvement?
Ken Ibold said:I had a BFR in which the instructor actually chastised me for NOT setting up for the road (power lines on one side) when I had a nice big unobstructed pasture right underneath me. Turns out she had never in her life landed on grass in anything except a helicopter.
NickDBrennan said:Funny you should say that. Just before getting my PPL, I did a checkride with our cheif CFI, and he got on my case for picking a wide open flat area (near a road, mind you), rather than choosing I-40, packed with rushhour traffic, as my landing spot. He said something to the effect of "You never know how long you'll be out there waiting for help."
I agree with him, to an extent. I'd rather kill myself and destroy the plane than kill myself, destroy the plane, kill numerous other drivers, and destroy many many cars during rush hour.
I placated him, but in real life, I'd probably choose the abandoned field.