Mike,
Coincidentally, this past weekend, an acquaintance of ours and his friend
crashed their small plane here in north Texas while attempting to land.
Fortunately, both survived (one with minor injuries and the other with
more serious but not life threatening injuries). He is not sure what
went wrong, but it was clearly pilot error. Came in too hard, front gear
collapsed, and the plane ended up flipping upside down on the runway. Its
a landing he's done many times without incident.
-Greg Hutmacher
Denton, TX
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:26:38 -0500
From Michael Thompson <miket at rio.edu>
Subject: Re: Most Dangerous Tool
My two cents,
For pilots and we mechanics, I think complacency and lack of respect
for the aircraft/tool are the cause of most accidents. Many times when I
talk to a pilot that has had an accident, the explanation is often
prefaced
by "I've done this approach (or whatever) a hundred times before BUT..."
Cheers & Happy Holidays!
Mike Thompson
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