Weekend WWII plane crash
Mon Oct 11, 2004 3:55 pm
Found this on the web today...
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbc ... 05/-1/news
Article published Oct 11, 2004
Pair survive plane crash
JAFFREY (AP) – A pilot and passenger were injured when a vintage World War II plane crashed just after taking off this weekend.
The plane took off around 12:25 p.m., Saturday for a scenic flight, then crashed in a field beyond the runway and flipped over, said Silver Ranch Airport Manager Harvey Sawyer.
Rand Peck, 53, and passenger William Hughes, 58, suffered various injuries and were treated and released from Monadnock Community Hospital.
Nothing on the NTSB site yet, anyone know what it was???
T-6, Stearman, other?????
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbc ... 05/-1/news
Article published Oct 11, 2004
Pair survive plane crash
JAFFREY (AP) – A pilot and passenger were injured when a vintage World War II plane crashed just after taking off this weekend.
The plane took off around 12:25 p.m., Saturday for a scenic flight, then crashed in a field beyond the runway and flipped over, said Silver Ranch Airport Manager Harvey Sawyer.
Rand Peck, 53, and passenger William Hughes, 58, suffered various injuries and were treated and released from Monadnock Community Hospital.
Nothing on the NTSB site yet, anyone know what it was???
T-6, Stearman, other?????
Mon Oct 11, 2004 4:00 pm
According to the Boston Herald, the accident aircraft was a PT-17. There is nothing about it in the FAA's incident reposting system due to the Columbus Day Holiday.
Mon Oct 11, 2004 4:28 pm
Thanks Dan! I did a little more searching and found that too!
Glad they both got out ok....
Glad they both got out ok....
Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:53 am
Hey,
While watching the local news on sunday they had pics,
it was an all yellow stearman, it was on its back and the prop was
broken off on both sides, it also looked like the engine mount was bent up
at least they were not too badly hurt
While watching the local news on sunday they had pics,
it was an all yellow stearman, it was on its back and the prop was
broken off on both sides, it also looked like the engine mount was bent up
at least they were not too badly hurt
Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:31 am
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 49738 Make/Model: PT17 Description: BOEING PT17 A75N1
Date: 10/09/2004 Time: 1622
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Serious Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: JAFFREY State: NH Country: US
DESCRIPTION
ACFT CRASHED ON DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY 34 AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN IN A
FIELD, JAFFERY, NH
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 1 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 1 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
WEATHER: KAFN 091552Z AUTO 19011KT 8SM CLR 18/12 A3015
OTHER DATA
Activity: Pleasure Phase: Take-off Operation: General Aviation
Departed: JAFFREY, NH Dep Date: Dep. Time:
Destination: JAFFREY, NH Flt Plan: NONE Wx Briefing: U
Last Radio Cont: UNK
Last Clearance: UNK
FAA FSDO: PORTLAND, ME (NE05) Entry date: 10/12/2004
Regis#: 49738 Make/Model: PT17 Description: BOEING PT17 A75N1
Date: 10/09/2004 Time: 1622
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Serious Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: JAFFREY State: NH Country: US
DESCRIPTION
ACFT CRASHED ON DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY 34 AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN IN A
FIELD, JAFFERY, NH
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 1 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 1 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
WEATHER: KAFN 091552Z AUTO 19011KT 8SM CLR 18/12 A3015
OTHER DATA
Activity: Pleasure Phase: Take-off Operation: General Aviation
Departed: JAFFREY, NH Dep Date: Dep. Time:
Destination: JAFFREY, NH Flt Plan: NONE Wx Briefing: U
Last Radio Cont: UNK
Last Clearance: UNK
FAA FSDO: PORTLAND, ME (NE05) Entry date: 10/12/2004
Wed Oct 13, 2004 5:49 am
Any reason why these guys appear to all do 'downwind' takeoffs???? PT-17 and C-60....
Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:29 am
Anonymous wrote:Any reason why these guys appear to all do 'downwind' takeoffs???? PT-17 and C-60....
Jaffrey Airport is something of an odd airport in that it can be a one way in, one way out place at times. There are few obstructions and a better departure slope on runway 34. We won't know the "why" until the final report is out, but I know that Rand (who is a friend of mine) is extremely safety concerned and has many many hours behind the Stearman.
Ryan Keough
Wed Oct 13, 2004 1:47 pm
Downwind takeoffs CAN be done safely, and are done every day, anything from a Cub up to airliners. There are of course wind limitations, depending on the situation and airplane, but they CAN be done safely.
As Ryan says, sometimes a downwind t/o can be the only way OUT of an airport. There's one near me where you land uphill and take off downhill, regardless of wind. EVERY pilot should know how to do a downwind takeoff and landing., as the knowledge may save their bacon one day.
Regards
Jase
As Ryan says, sometimes a downwind t/o can be the only way OUT of an airport. There's one near me where you land uphill and take off downhill, regardless of wind. EVERY pilot should know how to do a downwind takeoff and landing., as the knowledge may save their bacon one day.
Regards
Jase
Thu Dec 30, 2004 4:44 pm
Here is an update...
Winds blamed for crash of biplane last fall in Jaffrey
By STEPHEN SEITZ
Union Leader Correspondent
JAFFREY — The National Transportation Safety Board cited high winds as the likely cause of a small plane accident that brought down a vintage World War II biplane last fall.
Mont Vernon resident Rand Peck and his passenger William Hughes, of Rindge, were taking a scenic flight from Jaffrey's Silver Ranch airport on the afternoon of Oct. 9 when a heavy down draft forced the plane from the sky after it reached about 350 feet in altitude. It landed in a field just north of the Kimball Farms restaurant on Route 124.
"The pilot's inadvertent encounter with a down draft wind condition and the airplane's inability to climb resulted in a forced landing," the agency noted in its report, which was posted on its Web site this morning. "A factor related to the accident was the down draft wind conditions."
Peck and Hughes received minor injuries in the accident.
According to the NTSB summary, Peck "taxied to runway 16 and attempted to take off, but had trouble keeping the right wing down. He aborted the takeoff and decided from the position of the windsock that it would be the better to takeoff from runway 34.
"As the airplane neared the departure end of the runway, he observed another airplane approaching to land on runway 16, which subsequently initiated a go-around. The pilot then positioned the airplane onto the runway, and began his takeoff roll. At an altitude of approximately 300 to 350 feet, after passing the departure end of the runway, the airplane started to descend.
"The pilot recognized this as wind shear and prepared for a forced landing. In an effort to avoid trees and a residential area ahead, the pilot turned the airplane to the right, and performed a forced landing to a field. Upon touching down hard in the field, the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted."
Peck and Hughes were transported to Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough. Helicopters were summoned as a precaution, but were turned back.
This was the second airplane accident in Jaffrey in 2004. On July 7, Michael Meagher, flying out of Jaffrey to go to Massachusetts, went down in the woods just about 150 yards from the Silver Ranch airstrip. He was conscious and talking when rescuers arrived, and was taken by helicopter to a hospital in Worcester, Mass. The NTSB has yet to issue a probable cause report for that accident.
The full report on the Peck accident can be found on the aviation page at www.NTSB.gov
The story can be found at:
http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_ ... icle=48975
Winds blamed for crash of biplane last fall in Jaffrey
By STEPHEN SEITZ
Union Leader Correspondent
JAFFREY — The National Transportation Safety Board cited high winds as the likely cause of a small plane accident that brought down a vintage World War II biplane last fall.
Mont Vernon resident Rand Peck and his passenger William Hughes, of Rindge, were taking a scenic flight from Jaffrey's Silver Ranch airport on the afternoon of Oct. 9 when a heavy down draft forced the plane from the sky after it reached about 350 feet in altitude. It landed in a field just north of the Kimball Farms restaurant on Route 124.
"The pilot's inadvertent encounter with a down draft wind condition and the airplane's inability to climb resulted in a forced landing," the agency noted in its report, which was posted on its Web site this morning. "A factor related to the accident was the down draft wind conditions."
Peck and Hughes received minor injuries in the accident.
According to the NTSB summary, Peck "taxied to runway 16 and attempted to take off, but had trouble keeping the right wing down. He aborted the takeoff and decided from the position of the windsock that it would be the better to takeoff from runway 34.
"As the airplane neared the departure end of the runway, he observed another airplane approaching to land on runway 16, which subsequently initiated a go-around. The pilot then positioned the airplane onto the runway, and began his takeoff roll. At an altitude of approximately 300 to 350 feet, after passing the departure end of the runway, the airplane started to descend.
"The pilot recognized this as wind shear and prepared for a forced landing. In an effort to avoid trees and a residential area ahead, the pilot turned the airplane to the right, and performed a forced landing to a field. Upon touching down hard in the field, the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted."
Peck and Hughes were transported to Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough. Helicopters were summoned as a precaution, but were turned back.
This was the second airplane accident in Jaffrey in 2004. On July 7, Michael Meagher, flying out of Jaffrey to go to Massachusetts, went down in the woods just about 150 yards from the Silver Ranch airstrip. He was conscious and talking when rescuers arrived, and was taken by helicopter to a hospital in Worcester, Mass. The NTSB has yet to issue a probable cause report for that accident.
The full report on the Peck accident can be found on the aviation page at www.NTSB.gov
The story can be found at:
http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_ ... icle=48975