P-40 Incident
Mon Jan 23, 2006 4:37 am
Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:26 am
That town's out on Long Island, New York. The only flying P-40 I know of out there is Jeff Clyman's P-40M 43-5795 "Jacky C". Hope the pilot's ok.
Richard
Richard
Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:33 am
I read off one of the TV news sites that the pilot is Robert Baranaskas, 57 of Northport. It goes on to say the aircraft landed in a cornfield sustaining damage to the landing gear & prop. Glad the pilot is ok. 
Robbie
Robbie
Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:41 am
Could it be the P-40E that was just sold to someone on the Island? I can't remember his name but he also owns the P-51D Glamorous Gal.
I hope the pilot is ok and that the Aircraft is also ok.
I hope the pilot is ok and that the Aircraft is also ok.
Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:04 am
From father faa's website...
N837A = AK899
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 9837A Make/Model: P40 Description: P-40, TP-40 Warhawk, Kittyhawk
Date: 01/22/2006 Time: 2040
Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: Minor Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Minor
LOCATION
City: RIVERHEAD State: NY Country: US
DESCRIPTION
ACFT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD, RIVERHEAD, NY
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 1 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
WEATHER: NOT REPORTED
OTHER DATA
Departed: Dep Date: Dep. Time:
Destination: Flt Plan: Wx Briefing:
Last Radio Cont:
Last Clearance:
FAA FSDO: FARMINGDALE, NY (EA11) Entry date: 01/23/2006
N837A = AK899
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 9837A Make/Model: P40 Description: P-40, TP-40 Warhawk, Kittyhawk
Date: 01/22/2006 Time: 2040
Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: Minor Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Minor
LOCATION
City: RIVERHEAD State: NY Country: US
DESCRIPTION
ACFT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD, RIVERHEAD, NY
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 1 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
WEATHER: NOT REPORTED
OTHER DATA
Departed: Dep Date: Dep. Time:
Destination: Flt Plan: Wx Briefing:
Last Radio Cont:
Last Clearance:
FAA FSDO: FARMINGDALE, NY (EA11) Entry date: 01/23/2006
Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:16 am
Yep
It is the one recently sold by Coutesy
http://www.courtesyaircraft.com/inventory%20table.htm
and
http://www.courtesyaircraft.com/N9837A% ... 20Spec.htm
It is the one recently sold by Coutesy
http://www.courtesyaircraft.com/inventory%20table.htm
and
http://www.courtesyaircraft.com/N9837A% ... 20Spec.htm
Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:27 am
It is really too bad. From what I heard as to the cause, the outcome could have been [b]MUCH[/b] worse.
Mon Jan 23, 2006 12:08 pm
what was the cause?
Mon Jan 23, 2006 5:08 pm
Hmmm,
CURTISS P-40E N9837A
s/n 15280 Mfg 10-31-41 RCAF #1051
Price Reduced to $1,150,000
WARRANTY?
CURTISS P-40E N9837A
s/n 15280 Mfg 10-31-41 RCAF #1051
Price Reduced to $1,150,000
WARRANTY?
Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:36 pm
[quote="Col. Rohr"]Just talk to the guys and Bob is fine and the P-40 should be up and ready for airshow season.
Excellent news re pilot and a/c.
A
Excellent news re pilot and a/c.
A
Mon Jan 23, 2006 7:30 pm
Col. Rohr wrote:Just talk to the guys and Bob is fine and the P-40 should be up and ready for airshow season.
RER
That is great news, sounds like Bob did an excellent job getting himself and the airplane down. He was also in a good spot. Here on Long Island the North shore/fork area is probably the last place that has farmland and not covered by urban sprawl, shopping centers and the like. If it was ISP or FRG it might have been a different outcome.
Peter
Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:26 pm
Whew !!
Glad to hear that BOTH the Pilot (above anything) got away relatively unscathed (Thank God), and that the Warhawk escaped any major damage as well.
Paul
Glad to hear that BOTH the Pilot (above anything) got away relatively unscathed (Thank God), and that the Warhawk escaped any major damage as well.
Paul
Tue Jan 24, 2006 9:19 am
Fouind some more information here:
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longi ... -headlines
Vintage pilot's practice pays off
BY CHRISTINE ARMARIO
STAFF WRITER
January 24, 2006
The restored World War II fighter plane had flown missions in China against the Japanese before Pearl Harbor and fought with the famed Flying Tigers. But during takeoff Sunday from Brookhaven airport, the army-green airplane had barely risen 600 feet when Robert Baranaskas realized his control stick was stuck.
Baranaskas, who flies three vintage World War II planes in homage to his father, a war-era pilot and trainer, was unable to steer the P-40 plane. He radioed his 25-year-old son, who was flying another restored plane ahead, that he needed an escort to the Calverton Airport for an emergency landing.
"It was all adrenaline," said the son, Chris Baranaskas, who was flying a silver-bodied P-51 Mustang.
As Robert Baranaskas was making his descent toward the airport, his son yelled over the radio, warning him that only half of the landing gear had gone down. Fearing the plane would erupt into flames, Baranaskas bypassed the airport and made a smooth and softer landing in an old, wet cornfield in Wading River, surrounded by weeds, with only a minor scrape on his hand.
"To a lot of people, it may sound like a real stressful affair," Robert Baranaskas, 58, a real estate developer from Northport, said of the ordeal. "But it's not for us. It's something that we practice."
Federal Aviation Administration officials, who were on the scene Sunday afternoon, said the cause of the mechanical error was still under investigation.
Waiting yesterday on the cornfield where he landed for his plane to be transported for repairs, Baranaskas described his decades-long fascination with World War II fighter planes, some of which were flown by his father.
"I'm just in love with the whole World War II era," Robert Baranaskas said. "The united country solving one goal ... the commitment that these young men made."
Learning to fly in 1969, he said he took to flying the restored fighter planes, eventually acquiring and restoring several of his own. The P-40 airplane he was flying Sunday had just been purchased in Illinois last week, he said, and had once been flown by Col. Robert Scott of the Flying Tigers, a WWII ace, Baranaskas said.
Baranaskas had flown the plane several times before Sunday's incident and was out this weekend to train with his son for a summer air show. The father-son duo performs up and down the East Coast, including at the New York Airshow at Jones Beach, Baranaskas said.
"I just like the beauty of bringing the plane back to life," he said.
After his father's safe landing Sunday, Chris Baranaskas flew back to Brookhaven Airport and then drove to the spot, off Hulse Landing Road, where his father had landed.
When he saw his father, he gave him a big hug. "In my eyes," Chris Baranaskas said, "he's a hero."
Copyright 2006 Newsday Inc.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longi ... -headlines
Vintage pilot's practice pays off
BY CHRISTINE ARMARIO
STAFF WRITER
January 24, 2006
The restored World War II fighter plane had flown missions in China against the Japanese before Pearl Harbor and fought with the famed Flying Tigers. But during takeoff Sunday from Brookhaven airport, the army-green airplane had barely risen 600 feet when Robert Baranaskas realized his control stick was stuck.
Baranaskas, who flies three vintage World War II planes in homage to his father, a war-era pilot and trainer, was unable to steer the P-40 plane. He radioed his 25-year-old son, who was flying another restored plane ahead, that he needed an escort to the Calverton Airport for an emergency landing.
"It was all adrenaline," said the son, Chris Baranaskas, who was flying a silver-bodied P-51 Mustang.
As Robert Baranaskas was making his descent toward the airport, his son yelled over the radio, warning him that only half of the landing gear had gone down. Fearing the plane would erupt into flames, Baranaskas bypassed the airport and made a smooth and softer landing in an old, wet cornfield in Wading River, surrounded by weeds, with only a minor scrape on his hand.
"To a lot of people, it may sound like a real stressful affair," Robert Baranaskas, 58, a real estate developer from Northport, said of the ordeal. "But it's not for us. It's something that we practice."
Federal Aviation Administration officials, who were on the scene Sunday afternoon, said the cause of the mechanical error was still under investigation.
Waiting yesterday on the cornfield where he landed for his plane to be transported for repairs, Baranaskas described his decades-long fascination with World War II fighter planes, some of which were flown by his father.
"I'm just in love with the whole World War II era," Robert Baranaskas said. "The united country solving one goal ... the commitment that these young men made."
Learning to fly in 1969, he said he took to flying the restored fighter planes, eventually acquiring and restoring several of his own. The P-40 airplane he was flying Sunday had just been purchased in Illinois last week, he said, and had once been flown by Col. Robert Scott of the Flying Tigers, a WWII ace, Baranaskas said.
Baranaskas had flown the plane several times before Sunday's incident and was out this weekend to train with his son for a summer air show. The father-son duo performs up and down the East Coast, including at the New York Airshow at Jones Beach, Baranaskas said.
"I just like the beauty of bringing the plane back to life," he said.
After his father's safe landing Sunday, Chris Baranaskas flew back to Brookhaven Airport and then drove to the spot, off Hulse Landing Road, where his father had landed.
When he saw his father, he gave him a big hug. "In my eyes," Chris Baranaskas said, "he's a hero."
Copyright 2006 Newsday Inc.
Tue Jan 24, 2006 1:10 pm
My "chip light just went on. Yep, it's a red flashing "bullcrap!!!" on this one!
Tue Jan 24, 2006 1:27 pm
Good one Marine air! 