VWGhiaBob
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So I had a few extra minutes today and I decided to put the tail numbers of the planes I rent into the NTSB accident database. Wish I hadn't.
Turns out two of them have been in fairly serious accidents. One hit trees when a pilot took off from the middle of a very short runway and just couldn't get high enough fast enough..."major structural damage" to wings, flaps, etc. I even found pictures online...not pretty.
The pilot of the other one decided to land at an airport even though the tower warned of severe turbulence. Plane was blown off the runway. Again...major damage...left wheel stripped off, damage to wing, etc.
My question: Would you rent and fly these planes? Are the tests done to airplanes before they are returned to the air thorough enough that you'd fly in them?
Turns out two of them have been in fairly serious accidents. One hit trees when a pilot took off from the middle of a very short runway and just couldn't get high enough fast enough..."major structural damage" to wings, flaps, etc. I even found pictures online...not pretty.
The pilot of the other one decided to land at an airport even though the tower warned of severe turbulence. Plane was blown off the runway. Again...major damage...left wheel stripped off, damage to wing, etc.
My question: Would you rent and fly these planes? Are the tests done to airplanes before they are returned to the air thorough enough that you'd fly in them?