Mid-Air Collision @ T31 in TX

[flight2000]

Mid-air collision at T31 near McKinnely, TX today.  Looks like an Arrow hit a Luscombe and cut the tail off while in the pattern.  RIP to the pilots and prayers for the families of those involved.  Stay safe out there.  This is one of my worst nightmares around uncontrolled airports...

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/collin-county/2016/12/31/least-one-likely-dead-small-plane-collision-mckinney

Brian

 

[M016576]

19 minutes ago, flight2000 said:

Mid-air collision at T31 near McKinnely, TX today.  Looks like an Arrow hit a Luscombe and cut the tail off while in the pattern.  RIP to the pilots and prayers for the families of those involved.  Stay safe out there.  This is one of my worst nightmares around uncontrolled airports...

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/collin-county/2016/12/31/least-one-likely-dead-small-plane-collision-mckinney

Brian

 

Very very sad.... keep your heads on a swivel out there.... 

[bonal]

Condolences and prayers to those left behind and may they all find peace hereafter 

[KSMooniac]

That was my home airport growing up and I learned to fly there. We departed the McKinney National airport earlier today and I got a few calls about this as it happened right after we landed in Wichita. Very sad. 3 fatalities are now reported.

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[CliffyDeuce]

Appears the folks in the Luscombe were a friend of mine and his son. One of the greatest guys I've ever known - kind and giving - and a great pilot as well. Prayers for them and their families.

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[Danb]

Cliffy our prayers go the the pilots, your friends and you, hang in there.

 

RIP

[PTK]

Prayers for these poor souls. May they rest in peace. Prayers also for their loved ones they leave behind. May they find strength to go on and always remember them...

 

[Guest]

My brother survived a mid air collision, it was not a great day.

Be careful out there.

Clarence

[Oscar Avalle]

Prayers and our thoughts are with their families. Be careful out there...keep your eyes outside, specially in the pattern...TCAS, ADS B and whatever other gadgets we may love don't substitute our eyes!


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[slowflyin]

Prayers and our thoughts are with their families. Be careful out there...keep your eyes outside, specially in the pattern...TCAS, ADS B and whatever other gadgets we may love don't substitute our eyes!

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[slowflyin]

Prayers


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[kevinw]

Every pilots worst nightmare. News like this puts knots in my stomach. Prayers to the families.


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[flyboy0681]

13 hours ago, M016576 said:

Very very sad.... keep your heads on a swivel out there.... 

And don't forget that your fancy new ADS-B units won't capture that traffic very well, if at all.

[Seth]

So sorry to hear of this loss.  

-Seth

[DonMuncy]

It is all over the news around Dallas, with the usual tripe about "no tower", "no ATC involvement", "what kind of safety do they have", etc. A lot of coverage about apparently experienced, nice guy, pilots.

Interestingly I have not heard anything about where or when either of them took off or planned to land. Someone was speculating they were "flying together", but no real evidence I heard to indicate that.

[Marauder]

On 1/1/2017 at 0:14 PM, flyboy0681 said:

And don't forget that your fancy new ADS-B units won't capture that traffic very well, if at all.

I watched the L3 presentation of ADS-B on SocialFlight and it was informative of the limitations of NexGen. Even after the mandate, the big risk will be from planes that are not ADS-B equipped. In addition, if the ADS-R/TIS-B is not received because of your altitude, you can potentially miss a lot of traffic. Eyes out the window will be here forever. It is also one of the reasons I opted for an active traffic solution. 

I did an IPC this past weekend with my instructor buddy and we dealt with 5 traffic deviations due to conflicting traffic. I'm sure there are parts of the country where you don't see a plane for hours. Just not in the northeast and I'm sure not in other congested areas.