In an emergency phone home

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Kind of a strange report here from the family members:

http://myleaderpaper.com/pages/?p=24309

Quote: At about 8:30 p.m., Kris called Tracie on his cell phone to tell Tracie that the plane was in distress and they were looking for a place to land.
Jim Smith also called his wife, Jan, and told her the same thing.

Festus CTAF is 122.7, as are several other airports which could have received distress info. The plane appears to be well equipped, so 121.5 is available, and probably 7700 on the transponder, too. And it has an ELT.

So they call home, and the folks at home call 911.

They landed belly side down and both survived. That's something.
 
Yeah, Ive seen people do weird things based on their ground track and cell phone route tags during CAP Searches... stress will make the brain turn off if you are rusty or poorly trained and/or inexperienced.
 
If I lose radio in IMC first thing I'm gonna do is try to call someone.
 
DavidWhite said:
If I lose radio in IMC first thing I'm gonna do is try to call someone.
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First thing I'm gonna do is fly the airplane. :D After that, I'd probably dig out the hand held and connect it to the external antenna.
 
If you've properly secured your radio to the panel in the first place, you shouldn't lose it.
 
Call me pessimistic but.................

The flight was in daylight hours... it was not dark...:no:

On face value it looks like some type of publicity stunt to get their names in the paper as being heros......

If they just flew to plane and not played chatty Kathy on the phone they probably would have made it the two more miles to the airport..:dunno:..


"A 911 call from someone near the crash site led emergency workers to a private field in the 2600 block of Plattin Road, about two miles south of the Festus Airport.
The two men then were taken by helicopter to Mercy Hospital St. Louis.
Tracie Smith said she’s grateful that the two men thought to use their cell phones when the plane started developing trouble.
“It could have been so much worse if they hadn’t called us,” she said. “We would not have known (where they were). It was dark.”
 
N801BH said:
Call me pessimistic but.................

The flight was in daylight hours... it was not dark...:no:

On face value it looks like some type of publicity stunt to get their names in the paper as being heros......

If they just flew to plane and not played chatty Kathy on the phone they probably would have made it the two more miles to the airport..:dunno:..
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"PILOT IN CRASH REMAINS IN SERIOUS CONDITION; HIS SON NOW LISTED AS CRITICAL"

Sounds a bit extreme just to get your name in the paper.
 
alfadog said:
"PILOT IN CRASH REMAINS IN SERIOUS CONDITION; HIS SON NOW LISTED AS CRITICAL"

Sounds a bit extreme just to get your name in the paper.
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ya........... that is what happens when a stunt backfires.....

History is full of examples...:yes:
 
N801BH said:
Call me pessimistic but.................

The flight was in daylight hours... it was not dark...:no:

On face value it looks like some type of publicity stunt to get their names in the paper as being heros......

If they just flew to plane and not played chatty Kathy on the phone they probably would have made it the two more miles to the airport..:dunno:..
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Hard to stretch an extra 2 miles after an engine failure by just reducing the electrical load from the cell phones.

It appears that the aircraft does have a radio https://plus.google.com/photos/1121...5254622382178875282&oid=112149250856238119624

I assume that we are supposed to assume that the pilot did not have the sense to shut off the master switch when things went south up front.

NTSB Identification: CEN13LA339
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Monday, June 10, 2013 in Festus, MO
Aircraft: YOUNGS WILLIAM D T211, registration: N211BY
Injuries: 2 Serious.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On June 10, 2013, about 2100 central daylight time, an amateur built Youngs T211, N211BY, collided with trees and the terrain following a loss of engine power in Festus, Missouri. The pilot and passenger received serious injuries. The airplane, which was registered to and operated by the pilot, recieved substantial damage to the wings and fuselage. The personal flight was being conducted under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated from the Festus Memorial Airport (KFES), Festus, Missouri, about 1900.
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