
Plane caught in power lines after crash, 2 occupants unhurt
The FAA said in a statement that the single-engine plane, which had departed White Plains, N.Y., crashed into the power lines near Montgomery County Airpark in Gaithersburg Sunday evening.
My understanding is that hitting wires is 90+ percent of the time fatal. Just what a mentor told me.They are extremely lucky, what are the odds of surviving hitting a tower and/or power lines?
Come to think of it one of my CFIs hit power lines and everyone survived. C172, coming in to a landing in a field, hit the lines, flipped it upside down. Only injury was the pax in the back got a broken leg.My understanding is that hitting wires is 90+ percent of the time fatal. Just what a mentor told me.
Based on my homebuilt accident database, it's a bit less than 50%. 17 out of 39 accidents, over a ~22-year period.My understanding is that hitting wires is 90+ percent of the time fatal. Just what a mentor told me.
Good to know Ron, thanks. I guess my glider mentor was trying really hard to get me to look carefully for wires!Based on my homebuilt accident database, it's a bit less than 50%. 17 out of 39 accidents, over a ~22-year period.
Ron Wanttaja