Plane crash

Richard Cranium

Richard Cranium

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Word is that a small plane crashed on the Eastern shore this morning/afternoon. Initial reports say 1 pilot 2 passengers dead.
 
Cowgirl

Cowgirl

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Richard Cranium said:
Word is that a small plane crashed on the Eastern shore this morning/afternoon. Initial reports say 1 pilot 2 passengers dead.
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You're a reporter for Fox News, aren't you?
 
Dutch6

Dutch6

"Fluffy world destroyer"
itsbob said:
ANd no fire.. DAMN there's nothing left recognizable of the plane but the tail..

Hi Bill, you remembered to top off before we left didn't you?

No Ed, I thought you did..
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Even if they ran out of fuel that airplane has a better glide rate than straight down. The damage makes it seem as though they hit the ground nose first.
 
Ponytail

Ponytail

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PrchJrkr said:
I'd be willing to bet that a cop is responsible for the crash. :wench:
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I think we need to have a survey... I was thinking that it was probably a riccochet from a drive-by that brought the plane down.
 
Ponytail

Ponytail

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Dutch6 said:
Even if they ran out of fuel that airplane has a better glide rate than straight down. The damage makes it seem as though they hit the ground nose first.
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Too spread out for that...there's two large piles. You wouldn't see that it if it was a nose dive. Stall maybe... Definitely VERY low forward speed though. tail is mostly in tact from what you can see. Left side of it is damaged but the wings are totally gone.

I'd like to see an aerial photo. Too hard to tell from the pics shown there.
 
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kldavis21

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TRAPPE, Md. (AP) -- Three people were killed after a small plane crashed in a field near U.S. 50 in southern Talbot County on Wednesday morning, authorities said.

Preliminary reports indicated that three people were on board the plane, and all three died, said Paul Schlamm, a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board.

The plane, a dual-engine Piper PA-30, was heading from White Plains, N.Y., to Pinehurst, N.C., authorities said. It was registered in Greenwich, Conn.

Air traffic controllers at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in southern Maryland, about 35 miles southwest of the crash scene, had the plane on radar screens at 9:36 a.m. when they saw it descend rapidly, said John Romer, a base spokesman. Radio contact was also lost at that time.

The base notified authorities, who found debris scattered over a wide area at the muddy scene about six miles north of the Cambridge-Dorchester Airport.

The plane didn't strike any buildings and there was no fire, said Greg Shipley, a Maryland State Police spokesman.

NTSB investigators were sent to the crash scene from New Jersey, Schlamm said.
 
itsbob

itsbob

I bowl overhand
Ponytail said:
I think we need to have a survey... I was thinking that it was probably a riccochet from a drive-by that brought the plane down.
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Pilot was reading his copy of George and the article.. What did JFK Jr do wrong!??
 
MMDad

MMDad

Lem Putt
NTSB:

On April 4, 2007, at 0937 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-30, N555EM, was destroyed during an impact with terrain in Trappe, Maryland. The certificated private pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the flight which originated at the Westchester County Airport (HPN), White Plains, New York, and was destined for the Moore County Airport (SOP), Southern Pines, North Carolina. The personal flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.

According to preliminary air traffic control (ATC) information provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the aircraft was being handled by Patuxent River Naval Air Station Approach Control, as it headed south, in the vicinity of Easton, Maryland.

At 0929, the pilot reported to ATC that he would have to deviate "a little bit left here," and the controller responded "approved, report when able to go direct Richmond." The controller asked the pilot if he had weather radar on board, and he reported he did and it gave him weather every five minutes.

At 0930, the controller reported to the pilot that the "lightest weather" was "about a one nine five heading for seven miles and then it looks like you will be able to get back to Richmond."

The pilot responded, "yeah, that's about right that's why I'm heading to the left." The controller reported to the pilot that there was "some pretty heavy stuff" at the pilot's "three o'clock position" and "on that turn southbound it looks like some pretty heavy stuff about twelve miles now." The controller advised the pilot that the weather was moving northeast bound, but that in about five miles he would be able to turn back toward Richmond.

The pilot responded, "yeah, thank you very much, that's exactly what, uh, we're looking at. We are hoping to be able to turn right in the next ten to twelve miles."

At 0933, the controller informed the pilot, "looks like direct Richmond will work out for you now, and...should be exiting all of that weather that I am receiving in about two miles." The pilot responded, "yes sir. That's, uh, pretty much what we're looking at."

At 0935 the pilot reported, "echo mike is turning direct Richmond." He additionally reported to the controller that there was "a lot of lightning" in the area; however, the turbulence was light.

At 0936 the pilot reported, "echo mike, we just, uh, we got a problem. Looks like we just lost...we lost attitude."

The controller responded, "okay, uh, five echo mike, roger I'm showing you northbound right now and, uh, do whatever you need to, ah, the weather is off to your, uh, right from about your twelve o'clock back through your six o'clock on the right side and its about four miles east of you."

No further transmissions were received from the pilot.
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