MooneyMitch Posted July 22, 2012 Report Posted July 22, 2012 Per Jeezie [MooneySpace subscriber] one of the arrivals was landing, as directed, on the taxiway and wound up off in the grass, bent up a bit. All are ok although one person was taken to the hospital as a precaution. Quote
Antoni Deighton Posted July 22, 2012 Report Posted July 22, 2012 Glad to hear everyone is okay. That's a sad picture, though. Quote
gsengle Posted July 22, 2012 Report Posted July 22, 2012 We wondered why the airport closed as we were put into holding around one of the lakes... Quote
rbridges Posted July 22, 2012 Report Posted July 22, 2012 is it a narrow taxiway and the wind pushed him? Quote
MooneyMitch Posted July 22, 2012 Author Report Posted July 22, 2012 Below is copied information off of mooney@aviating.com forum this morning. The bare facts:John Barthomolew of Sioux City Iowa was pilot. John was uninjured. Wife Pat was taken to hospital with possible fracture of tibia. Released with crutches but no cast or brace. Both in good spirits at dinner last evening. Landing was on 36R, normally a taxiway, in a tricky quartering tail wind of 8 knots from 240. Plane left the hard surface into the grass, caught a wingtip on a long line of parked trucks and rotated nose first into same line. One report suggested plane might be totaled. John and Pat expected at BBQ tonight.Other news: The first all-formation Caravan to Oshkosh was a huge success. 28 planes including 2 planes invited from the Cherokee to Oshkosh group as observers, had a faultless flight from Madison in excellent weather conditions. Quote
MARZ Posted July 22, 2012 Report Posted July 22, 2012 Where's the caravan parked at (area / row) Quote
omega708 Posted July 22, 2012 Report Posted July 22, 2012 Quote: Mitch Below is copied information off of mooney@aviating.com forum this morning. The bare facts: John Barthomolew of Sioux City Iowa was pilot. John was uninjured. Wife Pat was taken to hospital with possible fracture of tibia. Released with crutches but no cast or brace. Both in good spirits at dinner last evening. Landing was on 36R, normally a taxiway, in a tricky quartering tail wind of 8 knots from 240. Plane left the hard surface into the grass, caught a wingtip on a long line of parked trucks and rotated nose first into same line. One report suggested plane might be totaled. John and Pat expected at BBQ tonight. Other news: The first all-formation Caravan to Oshkosh was a huge success. 28 planes including 2 planes invited from the Cherokee to Oshkosh group as observers, had a faultless flight from Madison in excellent weather conditions. Quote
DaV8or Posted July 22, 2012 Report Posted July 22, 2012 Quote: Mitch The first all-formation Caravan to Oshkosh was a huge success. 28 planes including 2 planes invited from the Cherokee to Oshkosh group as observers, had a faultless flight from Madison in excellent weather conditions. Quote
Cabanaboy Posted July 22, 2012 Report Posted July 22, 2012 I am not sure the wife that ended up in the hospital with a fractured leg would consider the flight a success. But at least no one was killed except for possibly the Mooney. Quote
PilotDerek Posted July 22, 2012 Report Posted July 22, 2012 Quote: DaV8or I'm confused. Was the incident Mooney in the Caravan? If so, how can they call that a huge success? Quote
FlyDave Posted July 22, 2012 Report Posted July 22, 2012 Quote: maropers Where's the caravan parked at (area / row) Quote
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