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Harrison Ford injured in plane crash

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"the Santa Monica Fire Department later said he was "conscious and breathing" and in "fair to moderate" condition. At an afternoon press conference, authorities affirmed that the injuries did not appear to be life-threatening."
 
Wow, 2.5 miles from my house.
 
He is very lucky it was field he flys out of and was familiar with the surrounding area
not a lot of time not alot of space only one decision he made the rite one
kudos get well soon
there is no open areas other than the golf course near there
if any of you have done an off base landing ... Scary under a controlled landing can't imagine knowing you have one shot onto a narrow looking fairway!
 
I had a rope disconnect at 260 feet AGL with an FAA examiner in the back seat. Scary moments but I made it back to the airport with a controlled landing.
 
This is the second time he's been injuried during filming of the new Star Wars movie. Suppose the universe is saying enough is enough with that jedi stuff??....:wink-new:
 
Gliderman8 said:
I had a rope disconnect at 260 feet AGL with an FAA examiner in the back seat. Scary moments but I made it back to the airport with a controlled landing.
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That's not much air between you and ghe ground. Glad you made a safe landing.
 
Basil said:
That's not much air between you and ghe ground. Glad you made a safe landing.
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I immediately put the nose down to gain airspeed and I swear I thought I was going to hit the tops of the trees.
The reason I had the disconnect was because the tow plane lost his motor mount while climbing out. The FAA examiner was giving me my BFR. She took me back up and I passed. By the way, she noted in my log book that I "delayed" getting off of tow soon enough. Had I gotten off sooner I would have been a lot lower.
 
Gliderman8 said:
I had a rope disconnect at 260 feet AGL with an FAA examiner in the back seat. Scary moments but I made it back to the airport with a controlled landing.
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Wow Elliot, that was quick thinking! Good on you for saving the aircraft!
I've had people ask, why did you just say save the aircraft? What about the pilot and passengers? The answer is self explanatory. :encouragement:
 
It's hard to argue with that logic Paul. Thanks.
 
"why did you just say save the aircraft? What about the pilot and passengers?"

If they are jumping out of the aircraft, there isn't much you can do for them.
 
Note to self (if piloting a small plane): if the aircraft goes down, make sure to land on a big open flat area with lots of doctors. :cool:
 
mikephillips said:
This is the second time he's been injuried during filming of the new Star Wars movie. Suppose the universe is saying enough is enough with that jedi stuff??....:wink-new:
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He wasn't a Jedi though. Mebbe it's jus the universe sayin' he aint that good enough to fly in space.:jester:
 
I've heard the PT-22 glides like a stone. Apparently he tried to return to the runway.
So this may have been the best possible result of a bad situation (and yeah....best to land in a place where there are probably lots of doctors standing around). I've heard the live ATC radio of his distress call that day...he sounded very calm and in control.

Many of us have heard the old idea that it's best not to do a U-turn at low AGL but I think "It depends".

One time during climb-out around 300' AGL my motor went "soft" due to carb clog (kept running but slowly). I did a U-turn and brought it back in with no issues (trying to land straight ahead in that situation would have been a massive problem).

My flight instructor had a crankshaft fail in a Super Cub at about 250' AGL. He also did a U-turn and was able to (barely) make it back, although it was a pretty hard landing with some damage. But again, probably a better outcome than going forward at our particular airport.

By the way, I had my A&P clean out the carb on my plane and a few days later the engine went "soft" again. Luckily at about 1500' AGL. I couldn't make it back to my airport, but the engine kept running at low speed (approx. 1400 RPM) so I was able to glide to a local "farmer grass strip". My A&P had to come over to fix it (plus give me a ride home). I wasn't exactly thrilled but this stuff happens in old planes so you can't get too excited about it.

Once, we had a glider from another airport get lost and land at our place. Our runway is too short for towing out so it had to have the wings pulled and it went out on a trailer.

Anyone who flies usually ends up with some stories they may not want to share. I'll just leave it at that......:whistle:
 
Yes, it seems he did try to turn and get back to the runway but didn't make it. Close though...
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As Nial pointed out altitude and glide ratio all come into play in making the right decision for "straight ahead " or a "turn back " to departing runway.
 
The Pacific is 2 miles from the end of the runway. Not sure that would have been a better landing if he could have made it.
 
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