Plane Or Helicopter Crashed In Nyc

[Golfer]

Edited.

He deleted the original post that made me mad and as such I did the same.

[cav58d]

Originally posted by BTW
Golfer you need to lighten up. It was an honest mistake and you are protesting way too loud. No one knew who was flying the plane and everyone on this board speculates. Your outrage seems a little thin.

BTW....Some of us do live in the tri state area...Many of us lost loved ones on 9/11, and many of us have flown the hudson river cordor...

Im sorry, but when a thoughtless comment is made like that, yea, its going to spark some emotion

[Regular]

Grown men taking the internet serious.

[Nilsen]

Originally posted by Chairboy
I don't recall terrorists flying a french train into the side of buildings and killing thousands lately, can you link me to the story?

It's big news because every single New Yorker thought "terrorist" for a moment when they first heard about the crash, and just about everyone else wondered "Is this 9/11 again?" for at least a few seconds.  News is about what sells, and people see patterns where none exist.  They see "Plane crash in NY" and can turn into big dumb animals, the media knows how to make money on this.  It's basic business.

Yeah.. but I still expected Norwegian media to focus more on a local accident than on a foreign one. Pick any US newspaper that would have a small planecrash in a foreign country as a headline over a larger one in America.

Yes I see that it may have been seen as a terrorist act in the first couple of minutes, but even if it was then it should still be "less inportant" than a local accident.

This is why I said that it sais alot about the world we live in these days.

[moose]

Sixpence, cut the crap. You're not funny nor is this unfortunate accident.

Even as a Red Sox fan this is a horrible thing to happen and my heart goes out to Lidle's family and friends. You never want to see someone die so young, especially with a young 6 year old son who will never get a chance to know his father.

This accident hit pretty close to home with me as I'm a huge baseball fan as well as a private pilot. The quotes from Lidle when he talked about General Aviation safety are almost the exact same words I use when people tell me what I do isn't safe.

Regarding the accident itself, I've never seen so many unknowledgable people covering the news in my life. You think they could have hired a guy from a local FBO to at least get the facts out there. The one I love hearing now is that they still don't know why he didn't deploy the 'chute when he was having problems.. I'm not incredibly familiar with the system but I'm sure that below 1000' in those small VFR corridors would be too low for it to work other then to slow the plane to a stop.

[Debonair]

given that you have slightly more than a passing aquaintance with any topic, you'll find that media coverage of that topic is comprized mostly of half truths, myths & poorly drawn conclusions mixed in with correctly spelled proper nouns.  
the fact that you pay attention to begin with makes me think that your frustration, now that it happens to be your turn to suffer this indignity, is self inflicted.

[Sixpence]

Originally posted by moose
Sixpence, cut the crap. You're not funny nor is this unfortunate accident.

lighten up francis

[Chairboy]

The plane crashed into the condo of a Mets coach.

http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061011&content_id=1709422&vkey=news_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym

Set conspiracy theories to stun!

Pretty crazy coincidence, though.  Glad nobody was home.

[cav58d]

even 3rd base coaches in mlb make enough to live in $1,000,000 condos!  Third base coaches!  Damn, I am picking the wrong profession

[Debonair]

even worse, that lotto winner had the nerve to move into the 'old money' neighborhood

[Debonair]

Teh NTSB et al.
NTSB Identification: DCA07MA003
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Wednesday, October 11, 2006 in Manhattan, NY
Aircraft: Cirrus Design Corp. SR-20, registration: N929CD
Injuries: 2 Fatal.

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On October 11, 2006, about 2:42 PM eastern daylight time, a Cirrus SR-20, N929CD, crashed into an apartment building in New York City. Both people on board the airplane were killed and the airplane was destroyed by impact forces and post crash fire. No fatalities occurred on the ground. Substantial damage occurred to several of the residences in the building. The pilot and owner was New York Yankee player Cory Lidle, and a California based flight instructor was with him. The flight was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The flight had taken off from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey and appeared to be sightseeing around Manhattan.

Parties to the investigation include the Federal Aviation Administration, Cirrus Design Corporation, Teledyne Continental Motors, Ballistic Recovery System and Hartzell Propeller. The engine and propellers have been shipped to their respective manufactures for NTSB led teardowns and examinations. Instruments of interest have been sent to the NTSB headquarters for further detailed examination. The on-scene portion of the investigation has been completed. The following groups have been formed: airworthiness, operations, witnesses, powerplant, radar, aircraft performance, and weather.

seems a bit different from other investigations...

[Golfer]

what part seems different?

[Debonair]

• its with DC center
• the descirbed throughness of the investigation
• the usage of a person's name
• :noid

i wonder if this is just due to the notoriety of the event or maybe this is the straw that broke the Cirrus' back.
is SR-20/SR-22 the MU-2 of piston singles?

[Casca]

It's the high profile nature of the event that is eliciting this NTSB response.

[Debonair]

maybe, but the Cirruses seem to flop out of the sky a lot more frequently than their Columbia counterparts:noid