Acey559 From United States of America, joined Jan 2007, 1363 posts, RR: 2 Posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 3129 times:
I don't have all the details, but there was a small plane crash outside of Cassville, WI today. Cassville is right up the river from where I go to school, so this hits close to home as Cassville is a popular place for us to do landing practice, but I pray that everyone is okay. I will post updates as I find out more.
Acey559 From United States of America, joined Jan 2007, 1363 posts, RR: 2 Reply 1, posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 3061 times:
I just got back from a meeting on campus here at the University of Dubuque and found out, as you probably noticed if you checked the link, that the small plane was one of our school planes. I personally know both pilots, one was on Flight Team with me and the other was my roommate last year. This is very surreal and I pray that both guys recover. They've been airlifted to UW Madison and are in the ER there. Please join me in wishing the best for both of these guys.
2H4 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 8950 posts, RR: 62 Reply 2, posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 3036 times:
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Quoting Acey559 (Reply 1): I personally know both pilots, one was on Flight Team with me and the other was my roommate last year.
Please pass along best wishes from one NIFA guy to another.
Snn2003 From United States of America, joined May 2001, 297 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 2993 times:
I graduated from UD 7 months ago. I have probably flown that airplane...My prayers are with the pilots and all that know them.
One way, IAH-RTB please! No return ticket required.
Acey559 From United States of America, joined Jan 2007, 1363 posts, RR: 2 Reply 4, posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 2986 times:
Quoting 2H4 (Reply 2): Please pass along best wishes from one NIFA guy to another.
Thanks very much, I'll make sure the word gets passed along.
Quoting Snn2003 (Reply 3): I graduated from UD 7 months ago. I have probably flown that airplane...My prayers are with the pilots and all that know them.
Thanks, Gage. The plane was 597TB, so you probably did fly that plane at some point while you were here. We appreciate all the prayers, the guys are going to need them in the coming days.
Dbo861 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 795 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 2814 times:
I had my Commercial and CFI checkrides in 597TB...it was a great airplane.
Acey559 From United States of America, joined Jan 2007, 1363 posts, RR: 2 Reply 6, posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 2809 times:
Quoting Dbo861 (Reply 5): I had my Commercial and CFI checkrides in 597TB...it was a great airplane.
Agreed, that was my favorite plane out of our entire fleet. I can't believe what has happened over the past couple days. Are you going to be headed to Dubuque at all while you're off work?
Eyes2thesky From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 7, posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 2785 times:
My thoughts go out to the two pilots.
Article says this was a Trinidad. Trinidads have two big gull-wing entry doors, correct? I can't help but wonder if the Trinidad's door design was a factor in the pilots escaping quickly.
Acey559 From United States of America, joined Jan 2007, 1363 posts, RR: 2 Reply 8, posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 2702 times:
Quoting Eyes2thesky (Reply 7): Article says this was a Trinidad. Trinidads have two big gull-wing entry doors, correct? I can't help but wonder if the Trinidad's door design was a factor in the pilots escaping quickly.
That's correct. If you search for N597TB on this site there is a picture of the airplane that crashed, and you can see the door design very well. They are still trying to determine what exactly happened, but right now they think there might have been smoke in the cabin and they tried to divert but didn't quite make it. I'll keep updating the post as I gather more information.
Dbo861 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 795 posts, RR: 1 Reply 9, posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 2702 times:
Quoting Acey559 (Reply 6): Agreed, that was my favorite plane out of our entire fleet. I can't believe what has happened over the past couple days. Are you going to be headed to Dubuque at all while you're off work?
I'm actually thinking of coming up to Dubuque this weekend. Not sure if I'll drive or just jumpseat to ORD or MSP and then over to DBQ.
Dbo861 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 795 posts, RR: 1 Reply 10, posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 2700 times:
Acey559 From United States of America, joined Jan 2007, 1363 posts, RR: 2 Reply 11, posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 2698 times:
Quoting Dbo861 (Reply 9): I'm actually thinking of coming up to Dubuque this weekend. Not sure if I'll drive or just jumpseat to ORD or MSP and then over to DBQ.
Well if you make it over let me know, it's been a while. And thanks for the picture, I tried to add that to the original post but it never showed up.
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