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Mooney hits car MN

aaronk25

By aaronk25
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N33GG Mentor

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The article says the engine quit.  Maybe so, but the prop was still turning!  I guess that counts as a prop strike... :D

 

Good that nobody was injured.

Hank Grand Master

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When I was based at KILG, a Mooney owner scrapped the side of my car as he was taxiing by my car. Never thought to ask if it was any of you guys!

It wasn't me! Ain't been to Delaware since before age 10.

Feel better now?

Marauder Grand Master

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Once when I flew to Delaware, this jerk in a POS car filled with really fat chicks swerved into the taxi lane and hit my plane.

Unfortunately you are mistaken. My girls only ride around in my pickup.

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aviatoreb Grand Master

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Explain that to the insurance agent.  So does the car owners agent get involved with the airplane insurance?

Marauder Grand Master

Marauder

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Explain that to the insurance agent. So does the car owners agent get involved with the airplane insurance?

In my case the aviation insurance paid for everything.
Guest

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Unfortunately you are mistaken. My girls only ride around in my pickup. ffdda92dbc8dd2af8e55f91e650fa9a6.jpg

That's one sturdy pickup!

Clarence

Hank Grand Master

Hank

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That's alright, Marauder has lots of flour.

And look, only one girl is actually sitting on the truck, so the suspension is unharmed. This time.

jetdriven Grand Master

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Perhaps if there was no safer alternative, but I always though landing on a highway was reckless and dangerous. If you hit a car head on you are dead, likely the occupants of the car as well. The wingspan of a Mooney is 33', a lot wider than a 2-lane highway so if anything hits the wing, it steers the plane into an obstacle. Another chance to be killed. The other thing is, you signed up for GA and all the risks that entails. The occupants of the cars on the highway didn't get that choice.

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Gone Grand Master

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I am with Byron on this one.  I won't blame anyone for making that choice, but I will not do it myself unless.......  and there are a lot of caveats.  For me, it is way better in the field beside the highway.  Those folks on the highway did not sign up for this.  If I recall correctly, our duty to protect is, in order: people on the ground, then people in the aircraft, then property on the ground, then our aircraft.

 

Again, no blame for someone making that decision - I was not there.  But it would not be my first choice.

aviatoreb Grand Master

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I think it depends - as usual - it always depends.

 

Some highways, like the ones around here, can be incredibly sparse with cars, and there is plenty of space between cars.  A rural superhighway throughway.  A packed LA freeway is the other end of the scale. Also obviously better to go in the direction of the flow rather than head on.  If it is a big divided high, I could see coming in, finding too many cars, and then choosing the grass between or the sides as a last second alternate.  At least help would be nearby.

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