Tony Starke Posted June 3, 2020 Report Posted June 3, 2020 Hope all involved are OK. https://abc11.com/durham-county-plane-crash-redwood-lake-ridge-aero-park-small/6228018/ Quote
midlifeflyer Posted June 3, 2020 Report Posted June 3, 2020 Checking to see if any of my local pilot friends know anything about it. Lake Ridge Aero is a small private grass/dirt strip. Quote
carusoam Posted June 4, 2020 Report Posted June 4, 2020 https://www.wral.com/small-plane-runs-off-runway-into-trees-at-durham-co-private-airport/19126802/ https://abc11.com/durham-county-plane-crash-redwood-lake-ridge-aero-park-small/6228018/ Put this in the @mike_elliott files... I don’t know if there was any injury with that... Best regards, -a- Quote
kortopates Posted June 4, 2020 Report Posted June 4, 2020 I saw this one in the mornings ASIAS daily stats. Although not always reliable, the report listed both pilot and pax as having minor injuries. News reports indicated they were taken away in ambulance and picture implied the plane came to a sudden stop hitting the trees and with the tail elevated as well. Hope they had and were both using their shoulder belts! 1 Quote
midlifeflyer Posted June 4, 2020 Report Posted June 4, 2020 Info is not detailed but a pilot based there reports both pilot and pax are OK, with the most serious injury apparently the pilot's "bruised back". 1 Quote
shawnd Posted June 5, 2020 Report Posted June 5, 2020 Glad things turned out okay. Speaking of seat belts and shoulder harnesses - when are you supposed to replace or service them? Quote
carusoam Posted June 5, 2020 Report Posted June 5, 2020 There is a standard answer for that... Especially if your plane was parked outdoors for years with no cover on it... belts are somewhat UV sensitive... Search for seat belt suppliers around here... they are pretty easy to find and easy to call to get answers from... Expect a number like 10-20 years... if yours are 40 years old... pick your favorite color and get some new ones... Best regards, -a- 1 1 Quote
shawnd Posted June 5, 2020 Report Posted June 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, carusoam said: Especially if your plane was parked outdoors for years with no cover on it... belts are somewhat UV sensitive... Interesting, didn't know about the effects of UV on them. Last I checked them, they looked fine and in my opinion passed the "pull" test. But they are getting up there in age and probably wouldn't be a bad idea to replace them when I redo the interior in a few years. Thanks! Quote
carusoam Posted June 5, 2020 Report Posted June 5, 2020 A proper pull test would be to load it with thousands of pounds instantaneously.... weight x gs Unfortunately, the test ruins the belt... That’s why belts get replaced after accidents... They are one time use kind of things... Often they get inspected... when fraying is found... they are done... sometimes the sewing falls apart... The cost of the raw material isn’t much... all the certification of the belts makes it worth it... Hopefully we won’t need to test them in anger... at That point, we have a lot of things on our plate... We want to be able to be conscious for the next decisions to happen... PP thoughts only, not a nylon web designer... Best regards, -a- 2 Quote
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