Anyone we know?

[Marauder]

St. Augustine, FL gear up. N5808T http://www.actionnewsjax.com/content/topstories/story/Pilot-crash-lands-in-St-Augustine/qckfRa3RX0eqIJzlDM1K4w.cspx

[Bob_Belville]

Sensationalistic reporting. As usual. (It appears the owner has had the '85 231 for quite a long time.) 

[carusoam]

Oh, the humanity.....

The loss of an incredibly important propellor and some deep scratches to his paint, what will he do?

The pilot "is doing better". Must have heard the expected good news from his insurance agent.

Later they will cover a teenager accidentally backing into a light pole at the mall, film at 11:00!

Sorry, I hope I haven't missed something important...,

-a-

[Jamie]

Sorry, I hope I haven't missed something important...,

 

 

WAS HE ON ON A FLIGHT PLAN?????   Dammit, man. That makes all the difference.

[scottfromiowa]

I am sure he/she is just a bad pilot making everyones insurance go up...like some on MS said of me on my '04 incident.

[scottfromiowa]

In other news senior citizen stuck in gum at local mall. Film at 11....

[Seth]

You know, of many terrible new reports that happen around light aircraft incidents, this reporter actually did not mess up too many facts.  It was a not a "Piper-Mooney" as has hapened in the past, and he state a lot of fact - the FAA had to allow the removal of the airplane, the pilot is fine, the gear was not deployed, etc . . .  Much of the public does not know what happens during a gear up.

 

I agree he was sensational in "the propeller had damage - the airport was closed for an hour and half - the pilot was not injured" - again, as noted, same as backing a car into a pole.  BUT - he didn't mess up too many facts.

 

The sliding down the tarmac as opposed to sliding down the runway is debatable, but really, he did an okay job - better than someone else would have, but still, unfortunatly, and mistake with airpalnes is "news."

[Bob_Belville]

You know, of many terrible new reports that happen around light aircraft incidents, this reporter actually did not mess up too many facts.  It was a not a "Piper-Mooney" as has hapened in the past, and he state a lot of fact - the FAA had to allow the removal of the airplane, the pilot is fine, the gear was not deployed, etc . . .  Much of the public does not know what happens during a gear up.

 

I agree he was sensational in "the propeller had damage - the airport was closed for an hour and half - the pilot was not injured" - again, as noted, same as backing a car into a pole.  BUT - he didn't mess up too many facts.

 

The sliding down the tarmac as opposed to sliding down the runway is debatable, but really, he did an okay job - better than someone else would have, but still, unfortunatly, and mistake with airpalnes is "news."

We've seen worse of course but "crash landed" "wrecked plane" "expected to be OK" are not phrases the reporter got from anyone associated with the airport.   

[John Pleisse]

Well, it looks like a Rocket...expensive propeller...just say'in... I work for over 25 TV news affiliates for a living..... God love 'em.....

[KSMooniac]

It looks like a stock 231 with an MT prop to me.  Look at the way the prop splintered... another good feature of the MT design.  Hopefully there is no damage behind the prop hub.