A local Richmond, VA TV station is reporting 6 dead as a result of plane crash at Shannon Airport around 12:26 p.m. Friday. A nearby Amtrak train was stopped on tracks near the airport and some passengers witnessed the crash.
The reports I heard all said 2 - plane was a Baron, though.
Yeah, apparently the NBC stations in DC and Richmond are saying 6. Everyone else is saying 2 or '2 or more'NBC4 says six based on 'aviation sources' (which in Shannons case probably means the airport dog). According to VA state patrol it appears to be a go-around gone wrong. State only confirms 2 dead.
Yeah, apparently the NBC stations in DC and Richmond are saying 6. '
NBC4 says six based on 'aviation sources' (which in Shannons case probably means the airport dog). According to VA state patrol it appears to be a go-around gone wrong. State only confirms 2 dead.
Shannon is much improved in the past few years. The airport dog only issues no comment statements now and refers you to the FAA.NBC4 says six based on 'aviation sources' (which in Shannons case probably means the airport dog). According to VA state patrol it appears to be a go-around gone wrong. State only confirms 2 dead.
Not yet. It's fortunately not my old one.Tail number been released yet?
N128VB. Looks like they were VFR.Tail number been released yet?
Reports I've seen say three kids.If it was a family then some of passengers may have been children or females. What I am getting at if 6 people with the FAA 170 pounds per person were aboard then that does not leave much payload left for fuel and remain legal. Plane flew from KY - could it had been over gross?
Not yet. It's fortunately not my old one.
Supposedly a family going to see the OCS graduation at Quantico. There is some talk on BT that they were attempting a SE landing. Don't know if that is true however. Just seems odd to try and stuff a Baron into Shannon when Stafford is right next door.
If it was a family then some of passengers may have been children or females. What I am getting at if 6 people with the FAA 170 pounds per person were aboard then that does not leave much payload left for fuel and remain legal. Plane flew from KY - could it had been over gross?
Certainly not when they were landing.Well, if they made it from Kentucky, across West Virginia and the hills and to eastern Virginia; I doubt if they were over gross.
Having been a Baron owner until a few weeks ago, I just can't even fathom this one.Photo in this article shows a feathered propeller with relatively straight blades. No context to know which side.
http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/victims-identified-in-plane-crash-near-va-airport/296676979
At GW in this heat, for takeoff you'd be looking at a little under 2000' ground roll and 3000' over 50'.Fearless, what's the TO/Landing distance in a Baron at a Density Altitude around 2700' with 6 persons & min fuel?
That's a 3000 foot runway at EZF which would seem to indicate little margin for error....
Thanks. The trees at the runway end make it challenging at EZF.... Would have been far better for them to go into RMN on the north side or Tappahannock on the south side.At GW in this heat, for takeoff you'd be looking at a little under 2000' ground roll and 3000' over 50'.
For landing, around 2500' over 50' and 1700' ground roll.
Doable, but not much room for error. Those at also book values.
I would not want to attempt a SE go-around though after touching down. It would be physically impossible to successfully pull that off from mid-field. They would have been better off standing on the brakes and running off the end of the runway.
In theory, they could have been pushin gross at departure in KY, but probably not at the point they were approaching their destination.IPlane flew from KY - could it had been over gross?
Yep. I think the same.In theory, they could have been pushin gross at departure in KY, but probably not at the point they were approaching their destination.
But, the overall pax load does leave me with a sinking suspicion as to why they were single engine and trying to land at Shannon.
Some additional info was posted on BeechTalk. They had been into EZF before, so folks seem to think that was the intended destination. Also, report now sounds like they lost the engine on the go around vice initial OEI landing.Yep. I think the same.
RMN is only 8 miles away, with a 5000' runway. They would have passed nearly overhead.... (and the fuel price is a few cents different between the to).
Radio news here quoted the "authorities" as saying in a news release that the plane stalled after takeoff and went down.
Would be consistent. Ugly situation all around.Some additional info was posted on BeechTalk. They had been into EZF before, so folks seem to think that was the intended destination. Also, report now sounds like they lost the engine on the go around vice initial OEI landing.
From the security camera, they touched down on the nose and porpoised and then went around.
This airplane was a '69 model so unlike mine, it has separate Mains and Aux tanks. Very good chance they ran a tank dry on the go-around.
I didn't want to speculate until I knew for sure, but the pilot was from my home airport.Would be consistent. Ugly situation all around.
Pilot or the owner? Apparently the owner who was a pilot was not the one flying.I didn't want to speculate until I knew for sure, but the pilot was from my home airport.
Pilot...Pilot or the owner? Apparently the owner who was a pilot was not the one flying.
Sorry to hear. There is some talk that the owner may have actually been the one flying, but had lost his medical.Pilot...
Owner was from Louisville, and was also in the aircraft.