Big Dad
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No idea of who is injured
plane crash at Pomona
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Big Dad
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Ouch , at least no fire !
Hope everyone is OK
Hope everyone is OK
When I lived in Reno the Sierra Job Corp complex that I worked at was near where the Air Races were held in Stead, Nv. Witnessed many crashes there watching from the rooftop.
That was one short landing. Be surprised if they're not dead..
Man what a disaster with the pits full of racers. Be amazing if nobody is hurt. There is an airport next door and the planes fly low perpendicular over the track to land.
They don't start till 11 on Sunday and now they lost an hour and 45 minutes of racing. It will be dark before they are done.
They don't start till 11 on Sunday and now they lost an hour and 45 minutes of racing. It will be dark before they are done.
Wonder if it ran out of fuel?
Just Send It
There goes the neighborhood!
Oh wow
I wonder if there was an in-flight medical emergency. I can't imagine the pilot would intentionally fly right into the pits.
I wonder if there was an in-flight medical emergency. I can't imagine the pilot would intentionally fly right into the pits.
Three people were injured after a small plane crashed in front of horrified fans at a major NHRA drag racing event in Pomona, California on Sunday. The crash occurred when the plane attempted to land at an airfield near the In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, ABC 7 reported.
Landing from that direction. Someone likely made an error with controls.
That’s Brackett airport. I’ve flown over the Pomona strip many times landing there. Any kind of engine problem on final or takeoff could put you into the strip. One memorable takeoff in the company Baron (at well over max gross and six passengers) made me really nervous. It was a high density altitude day and we climbed out very slowly and low over the strip. Taking off to the west can also be exciting because of the hill and the reservoir. Several planes have gone in there too. It’s a shame, because a lot of the small airports on the coast get closed because complaints from area residents and businesses. Most of those airports closed because of infringing development, even though they had been there first, often for many years.
Airplanes are supposed to be there, they can't land any other way because the airfield is right across the street from the racetrack and the approach is over the Pomona fairgrounds and drag strip. Probably ran out of fuel or the engine quit.
At times watching the winternationals or finals on TV you can see low flying airplanes.
I was there. Only injuries were the people in the plane/
Mechanical problems as plane was miss firing on final approach
over strip. Nothing the pilot could have done.
Mechanical problems as plane was miss firing on final approach
over strip. Nothing the pilot could have done.
IMHO, not much he could do at that point when there was no margin left. He never was lined up to land, had about 10 minutes to declare, had speed and alt, fly the "blue line", come in high and slip as needed, put off extension. Don't need power to land.
It's a big deal in the cockpit when an engine quits, I remember it like it was yesterday. It's like getting in a fight, everyone has a plan until they get hit in the face. We practice for it. Surprises me how many are successful, some are not. Glad that they made it. Don't think.the plane and a few vehicles did!
I'm amazed they're not all dead with that arrival. I've had a few engine out's in my 35 years of building experimentals and test flying other's less than perfect builds. Fortunately I've always found somewhere to put it down and take off again when I got it sorted out. Only once have I had to dismantle and haul...
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