North Mississippi PA32 crash

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Rotor&Wing said:
Aviation quote of the day:
Monroe County Sheriff Cecil Cantrell said Huggins had facial lacerations and other possible injuries. "The good Lord was with that man," said Cantrell. "If he had not run out of gas, the plane might have caught on fire when it crashed."

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What Sheriff Cecil is saying is, when you crash, be sure you run out of gas first.

:rolleyes:

Thanks, Sheriff. We'll make a note of that.
 
Watch it that's my hometown and I've known Cecil my entire life :) crash happened about 3 miles from my folks' house
 
The sheriff is not the dumbass in this story, not by a long shot.
He's responsible for dealing with the aftermath, not for making sure pilots always have enough fuel aboard. What he meant, I guess, was "better a fuel-exhaustion crash than one with full tanks".
But if God helped this guy by making sure the tanks were dry, did He do it just that particular day, by making the guy forget such a "Day One" item, or by making the pilot a dumbass in the first place? :D
 
Back in the 1970's a friend of mine was driving home from a day of sailing with his 5 year old son. He was driving a Chevy Conversion Van with a 35' sailboat in tow. Suddenly a deer leaped in front of him which he struck at about 40MPH. Needless to say the van was a mess. After checking on his son he climbed out of the van to inspect the damage. As you can imagine, he was quite ****ed and mumbled words a 5 year old probably shouldn't hear. His son, too, was quite shaken and, probably trying to mimic dad, began stomping around with his hands on his hips and said, "GEE DAD, ITS A GOOD THING THAT WASN'T A COW!" " Now how would that have made much difference son?"
"BECAUSE THERE'D BE MILK ALL OVER THE PLACE!"

I have no idea what that has to do with anything. But for some reason the Sheriff's comments made me think of it.
 
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rottydaddy said:
The sheriff is not the dumbass in this story, not by a long shot.
He's responsible for dealing with the aftermath, not for making sure pilots always have enough fuel aboard.
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Depends on one's point of view, I guess.

Years ago a Comanche ran out of fuel and was damaged in the ensuing forced landing on a street near Burbank Airport. In the story on the evening TV news, The City Fire Department spokesman looked right into the camera and with a straight face intoned, "Those passengers were very lucky there was no fuel aboard ... "
 
"Here's your sign sheriff", The bad part is they let these people drive round and with a loaded gun. That should make you feel warm and fuzzy:loco:
 
bartmc said:
Watch it that's my hometown and I've known Cecil my entire life :) crash happened about 3 miles from my folks' house
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Maybe you should educate Cecil a little, seriously
 
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This begs the question...why not a "dump fuel in flight" valve or something?
 
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