cessna,crash,fuel truck,darwin Cessna Tries to Take-off From Road.

Cessna Tries to Take-off From Road.

posted by lunkwill

2 years 5 months 1 week ago • 1142 views

tags: cessna, crash, fuel truck, darwin

comments (3)

embed

bookmarks (0)

playlists (0)

Stumble This

So that's why they spend so much money building runways.

GREAT DESIGNS FROM VIDEOSIFT'S T-SHIRT STORE
Support VideoSift - Buy a Shirt! Use coupon code SIFTFALL09 at checkout to save an additional 20% now!
Atheism For Lent	VideoSift Online Video Quality Control	Ice Swallow

Comments

As if running out of fuel and landing out wasn't embarrassing enough.

written by Dash | 2 years 5 months 1 week ago | CH

▲ 0 ▼ | flag spam (0)

ntsb report: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?ev_id=20051130X01914&ntsbno=DFW06CA016&akey=1

The 794-hour private pilot made an uneventful emergency landing on a public highway following a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. Several attempts were made by the pilot to have the aircraft placed on a flatbed trailer and recovered to a suitable airport; however, the width of the trailer available for recovery was too narrow to accommodate the airplane's main landing gear. After several failed attempts to recover the airplane by ground, the pilot elected to fill the fuel tanks with 15 gallons of fuel and, in coordination with local law enforcement, attempt to takeoff from the private highway. Vehicular traffic was stopped in preparation of the airplane's takeoff from the highway. During the takeoff roll from the highway, the airplane's right wing collided with a side mirror of an 18-wheel truck and then struck the rear of an emergency vehicle. The collision with the vehicles made the airplane turn sharply to the right into a ditch, subsequently impacting trees.

written by sicamore