tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post2678070374049963694..comments2024-03-26T09:35:29.969-04:00Comments on Kathryn's Report: North American P-51C Mustang, N61429: Incident occurred November 04, 2021 and Accident occurred February 03, 2016 Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-74585128272842652262021-11-16T12:33:38.347-05:002021-11-16T12:33:38.347-05:00I personally know someone, a pro, who had a gear-u...I personally know someone, a pro, who had a gear-up landing with, at the time, around 25,000 hrs. He's well beyond 30k now. Anything can happen to anyone at any time. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-2353965118117959052021-11-12T18:54:42.068-05:002021-11-12T18:54:42.068-05:00I make all callouts audible. I tell my passengers ...I make all callouts audible. I tell my passengers before we fly that I’m going to be doing a lot of talking to myself, and not to worry about my mental health. Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15478871466714699271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-53208463680719564392021-11-12T18:30:20.796-05:002021-11-12T18:30:20.796-05:00of all planes to land gear up oh my of all planes to land gear up oh my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-91146066628830750572021-11-11T22:57:04.416-05:002021-11-11T22:57:04.416-05:00I photographed this airplane on the Sunday before ...I photographed this airplane on the Sunday before the crash both during it's performance and also afterwards from the operations area (next to the runway). I believe it would be unfair to pin this on CAF or the aircraft being "snake bit" or to imply in any way that the gear wasn't being maintained. It DOES take a lot of money to maintain and simply fuel these aircraft, so it'Metroplex Aerialsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-8089516508629944232021-11-11T06:50:26.527-05:002021-11-11T06:50:26.527-05:00Looked for the "inexcusable" comment and...Looked for the "inexcusable" comment and can't find it, but the accident pilot's handwritten Form 6120.1 safety recommendation in the 2016 gear up event says <i>"This land event could have been prevented with a "higher degree of dilegents to checklists and memory checks"</i><br /><br />The Form 6120.1 report shows that the pilot recorded zero hours Mustang-type Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-38999568325520860592021-11-10T17:54:02.274-05:002021-11-10T17:54:02.274-05:00On the "inexcusable" comment....did you ...On the "inexcusable" comment....did you ever once change lanes without signalling? Try to drive away with the parking brake on? What? You idiot! <br /> It's just the position of one control...I keep my mouth shut on gear up landings..I don't think anyone who has done it planned on it. I don't plan on it either. Gump, gump, gump....to myself, if necessary, to not sound Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-30376463369614951142021-11-10T09:31:13.571-05:002021-11-10T09:31:13.571-05:00I was fortunate enough to get a ride in a two seat...I was fortunate enough to get a ride in a two seat P-51D and the very smart and experienced pilot did an audible GUMPS check on downwind, base and final! If someone with his skills and having 3000 hours in a P-51 needs to check it 3 times, I think everyone should regardless of what you're flying!!Deanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10957974483195442327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-53764284934780542442021-11-09T13:08:08.458-05:002021-11-09T13:08:08.458-05:00500 ft GUMP Check...Gas, Undercarriage, Mixture, P...500 ft GUMP Check...Gas, Undercarriage, Mixture, Pitch<br /><br />Always the final memory item, simple!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02310514283975305516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-30969671010285189462021-11-09T08:27:22.989-05:002021-11-09T08:27:22.989-05:00Went to look up the fat with cash assertion and wa...Went to look up the fat with cash assertion and was impressed by substantial salaries paid to listed individuals during some years shown on CAF's publicly available charity IRS form 990 filings.<br /><br />The 2019 return is the most recent one available, so it's unknown from the form 990 filings how they are doing at the moment. Does seem like you are correct in believing there is no Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-39321407891703998752021-11-06T19:23:58.291-04:002021-11-06T19:23:58.291-04:00Two different mishaps involving the same airplane ...Two different mishaps involving the same airplane and same owner (CAF). The 2016 accident at KRBD in Dallas was simply failure of the pilot to extend the landing gear, which is inexcusable. <br /><br />The 2021 accident in Tallahassee APPEARS to be a collapse of the left landing gear for reasons which are unknown at this time. Old age / fatigue of the landing gear, side load due to TexasAviator1946https://www.blogger.com/profile/08174191250891580532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-14459920340906817882021-11-06T01:57:37.575-04:002021-11-06T01:57:37.575-04:00Genuinely surprised it wasn't the Crash Air Fa...Genuinely surprised it wasn't the Crash Air Farce. Having photographed one of their crashes in Arizona, I've come to expect that of them. This guy's just as much of a moron. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-37111008388879426922021-11-05T17:44:43.613-04:002021-11-05T17:44:43.613-04:00Can't believe how these organizations seem to ...Can't believe how these organizations seem to let almost anyone fly these irreplaceable historic aircraft, so often with predictable results.....Muyokuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12231251280939563264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-34811692508149217782021-11-05T16:42:32.895-04:002021-11-05T16:42:32.895-04:00just want to cry! no one was injured though just want to cry! no one was injured though martin moffitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11812578254869426661noreply@blogger.com