Just watching CNN and they are reporting a crash last night. Wx wasn't the greatest and they can't confirm how many exactly were on board. They are reporting that former sen. Ted Stevens and former nasa director Sean o' Keefe was on board. Apparently they were going to a fishing lodge.
Guess more accurate details will come out as the day goes on.
Crash in Dillingham
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yes that is correct and the aircraft was a turbo otter vfr in marginal wx. condolences to all concerned
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Senator Ted Stevens was killed in the crash. Former NASA director Sean o' Keefe and his son survived.
http://www.whnt.com/news/huntsvilleandm ... 7808.story
http://www.whnt.com/news/huntsvilleandm ... 7808.story
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Stevens was one of two survivors in a 1978 crash of a Lear 25C at Anchorage that killed five people including his then wife. Aircraft stalled and cartwheeled in heavy gusting winds landing. If I recall correctly, the pilot got the heel of his shoe stuck between the rudder pedal and the floor board.
N77RS Lear 25C used to be owned by Aristotle Onassis (as SX-CBM)
As for N455A, aircraft was a DHC-3T Texas Turbine. Click Here for photo click on photo to enlarge.
N77RS Lear 25C used to be owned by Aristotle Onassis (as SX-CBM)
As for N455A, aircraft was a DHC-3T Texas Turbine. Click Here for photo click on photo to enlarge.
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Statement from Alaska Airlines regarding the pilot of N455A,
'Terry Smith had many close friends and colleagues at Alaska Airlines who will miss him dearly, and we extend our heartfelt sympathies to Terry's family and loved ones. Captain Terry Smith retired from Alaska Airlines in 2007 after a 28-year career during which he served as chief pilot of our Anchorage base. Smith also flew as captain on two historic flights across the Bering Sea in the late 1980s that laid the groundwork for Alaska Airlines to offer the first U.S.-scheduled service to the Russian Far East in 1991. The Boeing 737-200 used on those flights bears Smith's name and is now on exhibit at the Alaska Aviation Museum in Anchorage.'
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It is also being reported that Terry Smith's son-in-law was part of the flight crew that was killed in when their US Air Force C-17 crashed last week in Alaska.
http://www.adn.com/2010/07/28/1385727/c ... -base.html
'Terry Smith had many close friends and colleagues at Alaska Airlines who will miss him dearly, and we extend our heartfelt sympathies to Terry's family and loved ones. Captain Terry Smith retired from Alaska Airlines in 2007 after a 28-year career during which he served as chief pilot of our Anchorage base. Smith also flew as captain on two historic flights across the Bering Sea in the late 1980s that laid the groundwork for Alaska Airlines to offer the first U.S.-scheduled service to the Russian Far East in 1991. The Boeing 737-200 used on those flights bears Smith's name and is now on exhibit at the Alaska Aviation Museum in Anchorage.'
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It is also being reported that Terry Smith's son-in-law was part of the flight crew that was killed in when their US Air Force C-17 crashed last week in Alaska.
http://www.adn.com/2010/07/28/1385727/c ... -base.html
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Athabascan Quote: "Know one knows the ways of the wind or the Caribou".
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That article has many correlations to my "Man Up" thread.
The dust hasn't even settled, and they're dragging Terry's name in the mud.
And for the record, when the weather gets bad here in Alaska, we don't put the aircraft down on a ridge to "wait it out".
The dust hasn't even settled, and they're dragging Terry's name in the mud.
And for the record, when the weather gets bad here in Alaska, we don't put the aircraft down on a ridge to "wait it out".
Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
Semper Fidelis
“De inimico non loquaris male, sed cogites"-
Do not wish death for your enemy, plan it.
Semper Fidelis
“De inimico non loquaris male, sed cogites"-
Do not wish death for your enemy, plan it.
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http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2010/100813b.html click link to enlarge photos.
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Reason: Photos removed. Please go to the NTSB site if you want to see.
Reason: Photos removed. Please go to the NTSB site if you want to see.
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Absolutely disgusting the drivel published in the "news" story that onceacop posted, and ivanhoe thoughtfully re-posted.
Horrible how one can be slammed so quickly and publicly, before your body has even been recovered.
Horrible how one can be slammed so quickly and publicly, before your body has even been recovered.
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The plane carrying former senator Ted Stevens and a group of fishing companions was flying along normally when it suddenly slammed into an upward sloping side of a mountain, one of the survivors told investigators Friday.
The survivor, who was not identified, said "he detected no changes in pitch or engine noise," said National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairman Debbie Hersman.
"They were flying along and they just stopped flying," the survivor said, according to Hersman.
The account by the survivor is the strongest evidence yet that there was no mechanical problem or loss of control before the crash. It is consistent with one of the most common types of accident, in which a pilot flies a fully functional plane into the ground, usually due to poor visibility.
Hersman said the team who had examined the wreckage found that the propellers were twisted and had extensive impact marks. Though investigators will perform extensive analysis to say for sure, such damage can indicate that the engine was running normally....
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/201 ... tain_N.htm
My thoughts are with the families of the deceased. It was very fortunate that the aircraft impacted the vegetation covered area instead of the steep bare rock face just a few hundred feet above. Probably saved some lives.
The survivor, who was not identified, said "he detected no changes in pitch or engine noise," said National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairman Debbie Hersman.
"They were flying along and they just stopped flying," the survivor said, according to Hersman.
The account by the survivor is the strongest evidence yet that there was no mechanical problem or loss of control before the crash. It is consistent with one of the most common types of accident, in which a pilot flies a fully functional plane into the ground, usually due to poor visibility.
Hersman said the team who had examined the wreckage found that the propellers were twisted and had extensive impact marks. Though investigators will perform extensive analysis to say for sure, such damage can indicate that the engine was running normally....
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/201 ... tain_N.htm
Indeed. It's looking even more like the woman that walked away from her job made the right decision. Your argument that others felt the weather conditions were fine when she didn't loses some of it's cred as well.Nark wrote:That article has many correlations to my "Man Up" thread.
My thoughts are with the families of the deceased. It was very fortunate that the aircraft impacted the vegetation covered area instead of the steep bare rock face just a few hundred feet above. Probably saved some lives.
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CFIT with 29,000 hours! What does this say, it can happen to anyone?
