Bad sad deal in Oregon...

[TangoWhiskey]

http://www.komonews.com/news/26245059.html

AOPA has this note in their safety blog about it:

http://blog.aopa.org/asfblog/?p=68

 

[ScottM]

Sad.


But was this really necessary in the article?

In the early 1900s, James Beard, the dean of American cooking, spent summers in Gearhart with his mother and reported it was where he learned to appreciate fresh shellfish.

 

[SkyHog]

Sad.


But was this really necessary in the article?

That is really, really bizzare. It doesn't fit at all.

 

[dmccormack]

Sad.


But was this really necessary in the article?

Didn't see that -- perhaps it was removed?

 

[SkyHog]

Didn't see that -- perhaps it was removed?

2nd to last paragraph...

 

[AdamZ]

That is horribly tragic.

 

[dmccormack]

2nd to last paragraph...

OH! In the local news story -- sorry..

I read Landsberg's ASF blog entry.

I didn't bother to go to local news site as they are notoriously inaccurate and often just plain stupid, as evidenced by this "journalist's" attempt to round out the story.

 

[Pilawt]

A witness quoted by a local TV station:

Part of a golf course separates her house from the crash site, Herren said, and on a clear day she would be able to see it. "Because it was so foggy, I couldn't see any smoke plumes," she said.
​

Here are the METARs from Astoria, Oregon, just 8 NM northwest. There are hills 300-500 feet high northeast through southeast of the airport. The accident was at 1348Z.

KAST 041455Z AUTO 00000KT 2 1/2SM BR OVC003 12/12 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP175 T01220122 53002
KAST 041355Z AUTO 29003KT 5SM BR OVC003 12/12 A3005 RMK AO2 VIS 2 1/2 RWY 08 SLP174 T01220117
KAST 041255Z AUTO 29004KT 6SM BR OVC003 12/12 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP172 T01220117

​

 

[tlglenn]

I don't think there are instrument procedures for that airport.