Crash at Falcon Field

Damn lucky there was no fire....

Hope for the best...
 
Good news no injuries.
 
Fearless Tower said:
Looks like a Yak? Bet my insurance broker knows him.
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It's a Nanchang CJ-6, an improved Chinese copy of the Yak 52. The above article says it's a WWII aircraft, but it isn't. These planes were all built well after the war.
 
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hindsight2020 said:
Wonder where that truck is taking all them DC-3 parts....
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Not DC-3. Those are most likely DC-4 parts. There used to be a few DC-4s that sat at FFZ and rotted for years (I think they were either firebombers or sprayers - they had strange spray/duster rigs on the wings). I haven't been out to Falcon for a couple years, but I suspect they are in the process of dismantling/cleaning it up.

It is also possibly that those parts are from the ex-Mexican Air Force DC-6 that was sitting next to the CAF base. Anyone know if it is still there?
 
Fearless Tower said:
Not DC-3. Those are most likely DC-4 parts. There used to be a few DC-4s that sat at FFZ and rotted for years [snip]

It is also possibly that those parts are from the ex-Mexican Air Force DC-6 that was sitting next to the CAF base. Anyone know if it is still there?
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Those cowlings look more like DC-4 than DC-6. And some of the airframe parts appear to be sort of a powder blue color. Maybe it's N438NA?

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Douglas-C-54G-Skymaster/1554863/L
 
FWIW, the CJ-6 is not related to Yak-52, CJ-6 is a derivative of the CJ-5 (License built Yak-18), Yak-52 is a derivative of Yak-50 - substantial mission and design differences.

'Gimp
 
Lindberg said:
Is this a Red Star pilot?
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Not sure yet, no chatter that I have heard from my RPA buddies but plane looks familiar (in all honesty though they do all kinda look the same).

News article mentioned loss of power during a go-around (possible T&G), as usual we'll just have to wait and see.

Will post up more if I learn anything worth sharing.

'Gimp
 
It apparently was a regular based at Falcon Field, current gouge (from a contact at Falcon) is engine failure during 'go' portion of a Touch and Go, at 150 feet AGL. Pilot/Copilot walked away but plane is done.

'Gimp
 
AcroGimp said:
It apparently was a regular based at Falcon Field, current gouge (from a contact at Falcon) is engine failure during 'go' portion of a Touch and Go, at 150 feet AGL. Pilot/Copilot walked away but plane is done.

'Gimp
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Glad it ended up as good as it did.... But my guess the rear seat passenger had a large cut somewhere ,based on what looks like a big puddle of red blood on the ground directly under that seat......:dunno:
 
That could have been REALLY bad. Glad the pilot survived.
 
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