SR-22 Down in East Dallas area. No fatalities so far

[docmirror]

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2015/10/16/small-plane-hits-power-line-crashes-in-lancaster/

Hit power lines. I'd like to hear from 6PC please. Best of luck to the pilot and pax.

 

[Jim Logajan]

This is a weird 2013 article about the pilot....a news article, the first sentence is "The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is recognizing Mahmood Ataee with inclusion in the prestigious FAA Airmen Certification Database". Actually after that statement, it doesn't really mention him again, so I guess it's not about him.

http://aviation-business-gazette.com/A24/B93/Pilot-Mahmood-Ataee-Grand-Prairie-TX.html

Shucks, I got a mention on that site too:

http://aviation-business-gazette.com/A27/B18/Pilot-James-Mitchell-Logajan-Dexter-OR.html

In fact its a web site that obviously extracted public data from the FAA web site and auto-generated a slew of web pages. I found a couple entries for Brian Flynn, though none in NC. E.g. [EDIT: Just realized that your entry may be the CO one since the web pages were auto generated couple years ago and not updated. No point, since they are strictly a vanity site designed only to attract traffic for the ads.]:

http://aviation-business-gazette.com/A100/B72/Pilot-Brian-Patrick-Flynn-Fort-Collins-CO.html
http://aviation-business-gazette.com/A27/B87/Pilot-Brian-Charles-Flynn-Clifton-Park-NY.html

Or just enter a google search like this:
brian flynn site:aviation-business-gazette.com

 

[Jim Logajan]

If money is no factor, a parachute and training are certainly the best combination.

Money is no factor. Getting a parachute installed (or finding a suitable model with one already installed,) assuming it is even an option, appears to be the biggest barrier. Shucks, as far as I can tell a higher percentage of ultralights have parachutes installed on them than certificated aircraft. But that is because the barriers to installing them are much less.

The argument always seems to boil down to the demand that, like Lake Wobegon, all pilots are expected to be above average. And those that aren't shouldn't be flying - or oddly, the implication that they deserve to die (presumably for the affront of wanting to enjoy the flying experience all the Lake Wobegon pilots get to experience.)