AKBill
En-Route
Hi ,New to forum and have been upset by the number of accidents in the past few months by GA.
Then I started to think about the number of accidents that have happened locally (flights that have left my home field).
The number is high, but has decreased in the past couple of years. The FAA has upgraded the weather cams and NOOA has a great aviation weather site.
Please excuse the accuracy but the following is from memory. I would say in the past 10 years here are most of the local accidents.
Helicopter impacts mountain low visibility
Recue helicopter from same FBO impacts mountain trying to assist, low visibility
Beech 18 crashes on takeoff load, of shingles shifts aft on takeoff
Private pilot and CFI crash on biannual flight review, weather 2000-2500 overcast, aircraft never recovered. They found a tire on a beach a few days later.
Local pilot leaves airport MVFR 5 miles out turns back and impacts mountain.
Part 121 aircraft lands on beach engine failure
Local pilot has landing gear fail on landing, Cessna 150 tail wheel conversion.
Local private float plane pilot leaves lake 30 miles south of town and is never found (MVFR). I spent many hours that summer looking for crash site.
Local bush pilot hits stump with landing gear on landing, extensive damage to aircraft.
Local pilot lost in snow squall runs out of fuel and ditches on beach, extensive damage to aircraft.
Turbine Otter on floats crashes while landing in rough seas
Local pilot made emergency landing, (Beaver on floats) line man fueled him with jet fuel instead of 100LL. Beaver towed back to dock by passing boat.
A good number of these accidents were preventable. The point of this post is keep it safe. As PIC don't make the wrong choice. If it does not look good now it won't get any better.
I have lost more than one friend pushing the weather, hurrying and not tying the payload down property.
Do the checks and say no when things don't look right
Then I started to think about the number of accidents that have happened locally (flights that have left my home field).
The number is high, but has decreased in the past couple of years. The FAA has upgraded the weather cams and NOOA has a great aviation weather site.
Please excuse the accuracy but the following is from memory. I would say in the past 10 years here are most of the local accidents.
Helicopter impacts mountain low visibility
Recue helicopter from same FBO impacts mountain trying to assist, low visibility
Beech 18 crashes on takeoff load, of shingles shifts aft on takeoff
Private pilot and CFI crash on biannual flight review, weather 2000-2500 overcast, aircraft never recovered. They found a tire on a beach a few days later.
Local pilot leaves airport MVFR 5 miles out turns back and impacts mountain.
Part 121 aircraft lands on beach engine failure
Local pilot has landing gear fail on landing, Cessna 150 tail wheel conversion.
Local private float plane pilot leaves lake 30 miles south of town and is never found (MVFR). I spent many hours that summer looking for crash site.
Local bush pilot hits stump with landing gear on landing, extensive damage to aircraft.
Local pilot lost in snow squall runs out of fuel and ditches on beach, extensive damage to aircraft.
Turbine Otter on floats crashes while landing in rough seas
Local pilot made emergency landing, (Beaver on floats) line man fueled him with jet fuel instead of 100LL. Beaver towed back to dock by passing boat.
A good number of these accidents were preventable. The point of this post is keep it safe. As PIC don't make the wrong choice. If it does not look good now it won't get any better.
I have lost more than one friend pushing the weather, hurrying and not tying the payload down property.
Do the checks and say no when things don't look right
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