Bumped into miracle crash survivor at Osh

I thought I was having a CO episode once. While on the ground getting the plane ready I developed a sudden severe headache. I just don't get bad headaches.

I opened my eyes to see a few people looking down at me......

No diamond shaped scar on my forehead though...
 
The picture of the airplane sitting there is like an X-Files scene when you couple it with the amazing story.
 
midwestpa24 said:
Yeah, that's isn't an option in this neck of the woods. Otherwise you wouldn't be flying 4-5 months out of the year.

I remember this incident in the news, because it wasn't far from here. Had a lot of no flying friends ask how it was even possible to crash and barely damage the plane.
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If you go to the NTSB site and look at the docket, I'd say that the plane was likely written off.
 
Hank S said:
Dan's story is amazing. He didn't set the AP (he had the same model Mooney I do, a C), he took off, cleaned up, checked in with ATC and trimmed for climb. Then passed out.
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Makes me wonder what speed he had it trimmed for in climb. Vy on my J is 88kts, but after I climb a little I transition to cruise climb at ~120kts. Still, pretty awesome that the plane was able to belly in at those speeds and hold together. Sliding on hard snow frozen ground certainly helped. A miracle indeed!
 
I seem to recall a similar incident in a Twin Comanche, but there wasn't any snow, just some long, dry-ish grass. Plane was completely undamaged upon landing, but the long grass was ignited by the heat from the engines and the plane burned to the ground.
 
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