SixPapaCharlie
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Having beers with Squawk Shoppe Shane and the other Mooney guys and I get to talking to this guy and he goes into this story.
He was flying in freezing cold weather, takes off, Hits the AP, and then falls asleep due to Carbon Monoxide poisoning. He wakes up in the plane in a field 3 hours later and thinks he is still flying. He said it was about 3 minutes he kept trying to call center and tell them he needs to land.
Apparently they scrambled jets, multiple controllers tried to raise him on his radio and texted his phone.
The plane runs out of fuel and somehow comes to rest in a field. They way he described the terrain layout, and the position of objects, trees, etc it was a one in a million shot.
I vaguely remember a story like this but holy hell. What are the odds?
If you ever meet Dan Bass, buy him a beer. He is a really nice guy and a good dad and probably the luckiest sonofabitch walking the earth right now.
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20170207X10221&key=1
http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2017/02/accident-occurred-february-02-2017-in.html
"The pilot remained unresponsive until after the airplane impacted a field in a relatively level attitude. The pilot recalled waking up and thinking that he fell asleep for a few minutes. He stated he keyed the microphone to let air traffic control know that he was alright and noticed that the windscreen was "clear." He reached his hand out the hole in the windscreen which is when he realized that he was no longer flying. He stated he was very confused and had loud ringing in his ears at this point. The pilot freed his legs from the wreckage and he exited the airplane. He stated he was very weak and had difficulty with his balance and ability to walk. The pilot eventually made his way to a house about 500 ft from the accident site. It is unknown how long the pilot was unconscious after the impact. However, the last radar contact was at 1955 and the 911 call from the house was placed at 2107."
He was flying in freezing cold weather, takes off, Hits the AP, and then falls asleep due to Carbon Monoxide poisoning. He wakes up in the plane in a field 3 hours later and thinks he is still flying. He said it was about 3 minutes he kept trying to call center and tell them he needs to land.
Apparently they scrambled jets, multiple controllers tried to raise him on his radio and texted his phone.
The plane runs out of fuel and somehow comes to rest in a field. They way he described the terrain layout, and the position of objects, trees, etc it was a one in a million shot.
I vaguely remember a story like this but holy hell. What are the odds?
If you ever meet Dan Bass, buy him a beer. He is a really nice guy and a good dad and probably the luckiest sonofabitch walking the earth right now.
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20170207X10221&key=1
http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2017/02/accident-occurred-february-02-2017-in.html
"The pilot remained unresponsive until after the airplane impacted a field in a relatively level attitude. The pilot recalled waking up and thinking that he fell asleep for a few minutes. He stated he keyed the microphone to let air traffic control know that he was alright and noticed that the windscreen was "clear." He reached his hand out the hole in the windscreen which is when he realized that he was no longer flying. He stated he was very confused and had loud ringing in his ears at this point. The pilot freed his legs from the wreckage and he exited the airplane. He stated he was very weak and had difficulty with his balance and ability to walk. The pilot eventually made his way to a house about 500 ft from the accident site. It is unknown how long the pilot was unconscious after the impact. However, the last radar contact was at 1955 and the 911 call from the house was placed at 2107."
