Txbyker Posted August 15, 2011 Report Posted August 15, 2011 http://www.click2houston.com/news/28862627/detail.html The news is calling this a crash but it is not as bad as a gear up it would appear. Although they did not indicate the type of plane a friend snapped this photo indicating a Mooney. This is my home field. I hope everything is ok. Quote
David Mazer Posted August 15, 2011 Report Posted August 15, 2011 I hope everyone is okay also. Any idea who David Bessolo is? I'm not sure why his opinion matters. Quote
Txbyker Posted August 15, 2011 Author Report Posted August 15, 2011 ...yes around the outskirts of Houston, fire department services are provided by local volunteer fire departments. David appears to be the manager of the volunteer fire department. I am sure he is trained for certain types of responses but don't know how much training he has for aircraft related responses. There are gear ups every once-in-a-while and they get no press. I guess it depends upon someone calling 911 which prompt lots of dispatches including news crews. Quote
David Mazer Posted August 15, 2011 Report Posted August 15, 2011 So, do we know the validity of which he speaks? I think his comments, as uneducated as I believe them to be, are unfavorable for us poor flying saps being bludgened by the public and media for being such an unsafe activity that it needs to be regulated out of existance. Maybe some group like the AOPA can take this up with the reporter and educate Mr. Bessolo and the public. Quote
Earl Posted August 15, 2011 Report Posted August 15, 2011 I figured it was Hooks when I saw the water in the foreground. I fly into there regularly on business. Nice airport and much less likely to get the dreaded departure out over the Gulf that I would get regularly flying out of Sugarland. Am surprised the nose gear collapsed as I recall the area around the runways to be flat grass. Quote
triple8s Posted August 15, 2011 Report Posted August 15, 2011 If the media needs stories why dont they cover blow-outs on motor vehicles there are plenty of those to cover. I guess the "Selfish Rich" need to be forced to sell their planes and give the funds to the Govt so they can help put Little Johnny Doe through college. Quote
Hank Posted August 15, 2011 Report Posted August 15, 2011 Quote: triple8s If the media needs stories why dont they cover blow-outs on motor vehicles there are plenty of those to cover. Quote
OR75 Posted August 15, 2011 Report Posted August 15, 2011 Difficult to tell from the picture if that was 17R or 17L. 17L is a narrow runway, good for practice Quote
mulro767 Posted August 15, 2011 Report Posted August 15, 2011 I used to instruct out of DWH many years ago. It was my first time in a Mooney. N42MP. A Porsche Mooney. And the love affair began... Quote
bnicolette Posted October 3, 2011 Report Posted October 3, 2011 Thank goodness he is okay!!!! Article Quote
DaV8or Posted October 3, 2011 Report Posted October 3, 2011 Quote: Bnicolette Thank goodness he is okay!!!! Article Quote
MARZ Posted October 3, 2011 Report Posted October 3, 2011 Quote: OR75 Difficult to tell from the picture if that was 17R or 17L. 17L is a narrow runway, good for practice Quote
OR75 Posted October 3, 2011 Report Posted October 3, 2011 I used the be based in DWH and the whole airport needs rapaving. props take a beating. Quote
scottfromiowa Posted October 3, 2011 Report Posted October 3, 2011 That plane will be repaired, (looking at photos). Quote
rbridges Posted October 3, 2011 Report Posted October 3, 2011 Quote: maropers Unless they've repaved it I won't practice on it. Quote
jetdriven Posted October 3, 2011 Report Posted October 3, 2011 The winds in Houston are L + V the last few days ! Quote
orangemtl Posted October 3, 2011 Report Posted October 3, 2011 Annual automobile mortality in the US: Approximately 35,000. Swimming/diving deaths throughout the country: perhaps 500. Annual GA mortality: maybe 100. Guess which one is regarded as 'dangerous'? Quote
Hank Posted October 3, 2011 Report Posted October 3, 2011 Annual automobile trips in the US: 100's of millions, perhaps Billions Swimming/diving trips throughout the country: 10's of millions, maybe less Annual GA trips: 10's of thousands Guess which one leads the pack in fatalities/100 million hours [the NTSB standard unit of comparison]? I will grant you that any aircraft accident, no matter how minor, gets far too much publicity with nonsense quotes like "an airplane crash without injuries is a miracle," while the only auto accidents that make the news are the really large or especially gruesome ones simply because there's not enough time or paper to record and distribute them all, even in small towns. Car wrecks and deaths are simply too commonplace for notice, but how many accidents were there at your local airport this year? There are 4 airports in my local area; 2009 = 2 fatals; 2010 = none, I think; 2011 = 3 non-fatals and counting. There were >3 car wrecks in town last week, I'm sure. Quote
The-sky-captain Posted October 3, 2011 Report Posted October 3, 2011 In the last couple of years my airport has had three mishaps, and two happened to be Mooneys. One ran out of fuel coming in for a prebuy (don't ask) and was totaled in a field a few miles north of the field and the other Mooney had a gear malfunction upon touchdown and slid off the side of the runway. In the third incident a Cherokee landed about 10' short of our 6000' runway and damaged all sorts of stuff. Good news. is that all walked away with no major injuries, other than their egos. Quote
Lionudakis Posted October 3, 2011 Report Posted October 3, 2011 I read on some site I came across searching for tips on flying with infants, some ignorant person refered to 'babies flying', as 'safe as travelling with them bungeed to the back of a motorcycle in their car seat', and then went on to say general aviation is almost 100% fatality rate. Makes my blood boil that ignorant folks like that are the ones that knock flying, based on absolutley nothing. Quote
sleepingsquirrel Posted October 3, 2011 Report Posted October 3, 2011 Quote: Hank Guess which one leads the pack in fatalities/100 million hours [the NTSB standard unit of comparison]? Quote
jetdriven Posted October 4, 2011 Report Posted October 4, 2011 Swimming pools kill more children than guns in the house or airplanes, yet airplanes and guns are percieved to be more dangerous than pools. Quote
Hank Posted October 4, 2011 Report Posted October 4, 2011 Quote: sleepingsquirrel I guess home accidents ,but fatal accidents at home are just not news worthy. Quote
aviatoreb Posted October 4, 2011 Report Posted October 4, 2011 Quote: Hank Annual automobile trips in the US: 100's of millions, perhaps Billions Swimming/diving trips throughout the country: 10's of millions, maybe less Annual GA trips: 10's of thousands Guess which one leads the pack in fatalities/100 million hours [the NTSB standard unit of comparison]? I will grant you that any aircraft accident, no matter how minor, gets far too much publicity with nonsense quotes like "an airplane crash without injuries is a miracle," while the only auto accidents that make the news are the really large or especially gruesome ones simply because there's not enough time or paper to record and distribute them all, even in small towns. Car wrecks and deaths are simply too commonplace for notice, but how many accidents were there at your local airport this year? There are 4 airports in my local area; 2009 = 2 fatals; 2010 = none, I think; 2011 = 3 non-fatals and counting. There were >3 car wrecks in town last week, I'm sure. Quote
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