Caught in the web low and slow - well you don't see that every day

[aviatoreb]

Well you don't see that every day - such are the dangers of flying low and slow you might get caught in a spiders web.  I am only kidding around since no one was hurt - amazingly and luckily!  Thanks in part to the very low kinetic energy of a slow airplane of very low mass - and lots of strong cables.  HIGH power cables at that!  But just like a bird sitting on a high power cable, this cub was for a while sitting on very high power high voltage wires but no route for the power to run through so this upside down pilot got to call for help and get saved!  

https://kstp.com/news/small-plane-crashes-into-high-voltage-power-line-near-shakopee-louisville-township/5561854/
 

Edited November 24, 2019 by aviatoreb

[Hank]

I saw that! Good to hear that no one was injured. Looks like people exited into a bucket truck. But how do/did they get the airplane down? And was it damaged?

[aviatoreb]

8 minutes ago, Hank said:

I saw that! Good to hear that no one was injured. Looks like people exited into a bucket truck. But how do/did they get the airplane down? And was it damaged?

they must have turned the power off before the bucket truck.  otherwise the pilot and bucket operator etc would be electrocuted.

[1964-M20E]

5 hours ago, aviatoreb said:

they must have turned the power off before the bucket truck.  otherwise the pilot and bucket operator etc would be electrocuted.

If they used the fire truck yes the power would have to be turned off.  However, if they used a truck designed for working on power lines those truck  buckets are insulated from ground.  Still not something you want to do. 

 

So more than likely the power was turned off before any rescue was attempted and definitely before the plane was removed.

 

 

[Hank]

31 minutes ago, 1964-M20E said:

So more than likely the power was turned off before any rescue was attempted and definitely before the plane was removed.

The article I read had a picture of an elevated bucket, and said that power to the line was shut off before rescuing the people from the plane. Nothing was said about getting the plane down, not sure how that could be done without significant damage to the plane.

[aviatoreb]

9 hours ago, 1964-M20E said:

If they used the fire truck yes the power would have to be turned off.  However, if they used a truck designed for working on power lines those truck  buckets are insulated from ground.  Still not something you want to do. 

 

So more than likely the power was turned off before any rescue was attempted and definitely before the plane was removed.

 

 

Mental note to self.  Always turn of the grid power before attempting to save anyone in airplanes stuck in power cables.

[TonyK]

Glad no one was injured or killed.  That had to be a very confusing Wile E. Coyote moment for the pilot.