planecrashmap.com

[AJ88V]

Interesting site for the ghoulish amongst us (hey, it's almost Samhain!)

https://planecrashmap.com

 

[Pinecone]

It seems to be missing at least some.  We had a fatal maybe a year ago at my home field, and it is not shown.

[AJ88V]

4 minutes ago, Pinecone said:

It seems to be missing at least some.  We had a fatal maybe a year ago at my home field, and it is not shown.

Maybe the NTSB report hasn't gone final yet?

[Pinecone]

Possibly.

[Hank]

Kind of difficult to use . . .

Symbols are too large and seriously overlapped!

[MikeOH]

Zoom in.  However, the direct links don't provide much info.

[Pinecone]

One annoying thing is, if you pick one and then go to the More Details, when you return, you are zoomed out on the whole US again.  It should keep the zoom level and center point.

[1980Mooney]

On 10/15/2024 at 6:50 AM, Pinecone said:

One annoying thing is, if you pick one and then go to the More Details, when you return, you are zoomed out on the whole US again.  It should keep the zoom level and center point.

It works perfectly for me when viewing it on a desktop computer.   You can look at any crash detail and then go back to the map at exactly the same place and view where you picked the crash detail.  You can then toggle it left/right or up/down. And you can zoom in and out. No problem like you described.

[N201MKTurbo]

It confirms that no planes have ever crashed into my house.

[MikeOH]

5 hours ago, 1980Mooney said:

It works perfectly for me when viewing it on a desktop computer.   You can look at any crash detail and then go back to the map at exactly the same place and view where you picked the crash detail.  You can then toggle it left/right or up/down. And you can zoom in and out. No problem like you described.

Well, so glad to hear YOU don't have a problem.  Like @Pinecone, when I return from the details, I am zoomed all the way out; NOT back to the location and zoom level I was at.  Guess I better go buy a 'desktop computer'

[1980Mooney]

2 hours ago, N201MKTurbo said:

It confirms that no planes have ever crashed into my house.

My parents had a hot air balloon from the first Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta "crash land" in our front yard in 1972.  Luckily they missed the trees, parked car and powerlines as the wind drug them along.

I guess that doesn't really count as a "crash".

[N201MKTurbo]

1 hour ago, 1980Mooney said:

My parents had a hot air balloon from the first Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta "crash land" in our front yard in 1972.  Luckily they missed the trees, parked car and powerlines as the wind drug them along.

I guess that doesn't really count as a "crash".

Isn’t that a normal landing for them?

[1980Mooney]

7 minutes ago, N201MKTurbo said:

Isn’t that a normal landing for them?

Yes- that is typically how it goes especially when most owners or hands in the gondola are rookies with a little experience.  The problem was that they were way off course and not supposed to land anywhere near our neighborhood.  

[N201MKTurbo]

2 minutes ago, 1980Mooney said:

Yes- that is typically how it goes especially when most owners or hands in the gondola are rookies with a little experience.  The problem was that they were way off course and not supposed to land anywhere near our neighborhood.  

Must have had an engine failure.

[N201MKTurbo]

My one balloon adventure was with a coworker who had a balloon. She had not  flown it in a couple of years because her inflater fan was broken. I said “if I fix it can we go flying?” She said OK. 
 

So I fixed it. And she got a crew together and we went out to fly it. We inflated the envelope and walked inside to inspect it. She was showing me how to inspect the fabric. She would grab some fabric in each hand, bring her hands together and then pop them apart. On the third inspection, a six foot rip happened. She looked at me and said “well, there is no flying today” I don’t think she ever flew again.

[aviatoreb]

That's a depressing website.

There have been 3 crashes within 15 miles of here that I never knew about.  Which for a small town area sort of surprises me.

[dkkim73]

10 minutes ago, aviatoreb said:

That's a depressing website.

There have been 3 crashes within 15 miles of here that I never knew about.  Which for a small town area sort of surprises me.

I think the fact it shows a wide time range is kind of eye popping when you open it. Made me think I live in the Bermuda Triangle. 

[N201MKTurbo]

It showed a large number of crashes at Phoenix Sky Harbor (KPHX). If you read the details, the vast majority are ground collisions between airplanes or airplanes and ground vehicles. I think these should be filtered out.

[aviatoreb]

3 hours ago, dkkim73 said:

I think the fact it shows a wide time range is kind of eye popping when you open it. Made me think I live in the Bermuda Triangle. 

Well there’s 2 within 5 miles within the last 5 years and 1 more within 10 mi within 10 years.  Real crashes with substantial damage but not fatal.  I’m amazed I hadn’t heard of them 

[Hank]

6 hours ago, aviatoreb said:

Well there’s 2 within 5 miles within the last 5 years and 1 more within 10 mi within 10 years.  Real crashes with substantial damage but not fatal.  I’m amazed I hadn’t heard of them 

The last time Theresa's an aircraft accident near where I live, my phone lit up with "are you alright???" texts.

[aviatoreb]

12 hours ago, Hank said:

The last time Theresa's an aircraft accident near where I live, my phone lit up with "are you alright???" texts.

Yeah.  I know that routine.  A Mooney crashed at Lake Placid relatively nearby here about 10 years ago.  I was on a flight to Denver and at 16000 ft and I started getting texts from all sorts of people asking if I was ok.  And I couldnt reply right away since somehow I receive texts sometimes in bursts at altitude but I cannot reply.  It was a dad and two college age kids; he had just purchased a new to him airplane up from North Carolina and handled it improperly upon a go around at KLKP that has some sort of unusual features.  Very sad.

[PT20J]

Charlie Munger once said, "All I want to know is where I will die so I'll never go there." I tried looking for someplace where airplanes don't crash so I could move there, but according to this app, it's hopeless.

[dkkim73]

There are some really interesting stories on that site. One of the first I clicked on at an airport I fly into was an Ercoupe (!) crash. 

[Hank]

12 hours ago, PT20J said:

Charlie Munger once said, "All I want to know is where I will die so I'll never go there." I tried looking for someplace where airplanes don't crash so I could move there, but according to this app, it's hopeless.

Reminds me if the guy who saw the war coming in the late 30s, and moved to avoid it. He studied and chose the least likely place for war between Britain and Germany to reach, and in 1938 or '39 happily moved to the remote island of Guadalcanal.

[PMcClure]

2 hours ago, Hank said:

Reminds me if the guy who saw the war coming in the late 30s, and moved to avoid it. He studied and chose the least likely place for war between Britain and Germany to reach, and in 1938 or '39 happily moved to the remote island of Guadalcanal.

I read that 80% of accidents happen within 5-10 miles of home. So I am moving!