While I did not personally see the accident, I was told by a source that I consider to be very reliable that the accident also involved a second aircraft that had been cleared for takeoff on that runway. The feeling seems to be that perhaps the accident happened as an unsuccessful result of a go around and the accident could have been much worse had the go around not been attempted. It seems unclear at this point if the clearance was inappropriate or if the pilot was slow in responding to the clearance. I also have talked to several persons who have viewed a Utube video that shows a Piper Cub as the second plane and also contains some of the tower radio transmissions. Since the accident is being investigated by the NTSB it is probable that it wll be several months before any official information is released.
John Roach N 2427H Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:48:48 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: ROUSH ACCIDENT PHOTOS I saw it happen and was very close, at the Hangar Cafe, by the Vintage Operations shed. He was landing on runway 18 right, when suddenly he banked to the right so much that I thought it was some kind of low altitude show pass. He stalled and hit the ground off the runway. Then, the airplane cartwheeled. I could not believe I was witnessing an actual airplane crash. I thought it was going to wipe out some of the parked airplanes, but thankfully, it only cartwheeled 180 degrees and stopped pointing north (opposite landing direction). The tail broke off and the engines continued running for about 30 seconds, which was an eerie scene. The crowd started running towards the airplane, some ladies screaming. Thanks God that no fire erupted. The EAA volunteers quickly set up a perimeter, not allowing anybody near the airplane. After a couple of minutes, the fire trucks arrived and sprayed some foam. A firemen struggled to open the cockpit door and finally got it open. A few seconds later, the fireman assisted Jack Roush, who came out, blood in his shirt, but walking. The gathered crowd erupted into applause, when they saw him walking, because we all thought it could have been much worse. A minute later, they assisted the lady, who was also standing, but did not move much on her own, without assistance of the firemen. At that point the EAA volunteers started pushing the crowd farther and farther from the scene, until they stopped, keeping the crowd to the west side of the north / south road. Eliacim --- [email protected] wrote: From: "taylordale59" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Re: ROUSH ACCIDENT PHOTOS Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:08:23 -0000 I read that he was landing and from base to final he overshot the centerline of the runway... stalled... recovered and a wing caught the ground and the aircraft ended up 180 degrees from it's landing heading. He is reported to be 68 and had a female passanger onboard 60 or 61 yrs.old and she recieved minor injuries. --- In [email protected], "Ed Burkhead" <e...@...> wrote:>> > Just what seems to have happened? That jet is pretty bashed up but I don't> see any obstacles around. Did he drop it in?> > And, I wonder how he got the face injury if he had the shoulder harness on.> > ???> > Ed>
