Utah 172 Crash - 'Divine Intervention'

[Fearless Tower]

http://www.nwcn.com/home/?fId=155180045&fPath=/news/local&fDomain=10227

I don't know what else you'd call it. Normally, anyone crazy enough to take off and attempt to fly through the mountains of Utah, VFR at night with their wife and kid in a 172 with or without storms would be a good candidate for the Darwin awards.

Damn lucky they survived.

 

[Threefingeredjack]

Ron White is right. I hope this idiot takes a good look at his family and realizes how close he came to blowing it all because he has crappy judgement.

 

[TangoWhiskey]

There's another thread on here about this already.

Pilot intentionally belly-flopped it in.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/photos/f6c831043884421d878ba93dbf71c9f5/120527077073/

Another pilot, flying about the same time and in the same weather system, may not have been so lucky--they haven't found him yet:

http://www.ktvb.com/news/Search-resumes-for-Meridian-pilot-missing-in-Oregon-155122215.html