Author Topic: Cessna 172 crash to Bank of America (Read 1614 times)

Xjazz · « **on:** January 06, 2002, 05:14:00 AM »

Pilot was 15 year old...

CNN news Here

Animal · « **Reply #1 on:** January 06, 2002, 05:29:00 AM »

Is this for real?
I cant log into CNN.

Animal · « **Reply #2 on:** January 06, 2002, 05:30:00 AM »

USA Today What a love muffin kid. He could have made more damage trying to crash the plane against a Walmart or some heavy traffic. I dont know wtf is going on the minds of kids lately, doing dumb toejam like this. Cant they just take their lives in peace if they must?

A plane also crashed (unintentionally) here in PR on Saturday. Its been VERY bad weather lately, Ive been unable to fly for weeks, I dont imagine why a tourist with little knowledge of the island would decide to rent a plane with this weather.

Crash at PR

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texace · « **Reply #3 on:** January 06, 2002, 10:36:00 AM »

Ah damnit...well, I sense a change in FAA regulations in the works. I don't know why a KID would do this. I mean, surely at 15 he's old enough and smart enough to LAND the flipping airplane with two military jets and a Coast Guard helicopter following him, giving him orders over the guard frequency. I know I would be. Hell, he had instruction, why not turn around and land, if he took off by mistake. He had something on his mind, and I doubt he was on a joyride. Can the Cessna 172 outrun an F-15? Don't think so. I sense a Darwin Award for this kid in the future.

Hangtime · « **Reply #4 on:** January 06, 2002, 11:42:00 AM »

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well, I sense a change in FAA regulations in the works.

Yah... cbs newsradio did a bit on light plane crashes last night... 5 of of em yesterday alone!

Pretty much a normal day across the nation in light planes... why all of a sudden does the press decide to focus on it? Because some dweeb spoiled rotten kid whacks a building with a cessna.

Damn.

john9001 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 06, 2002, 03:29:00 PM »

jan 6... tampa police said he had a suicide note saying he suported binladen

SirLoin · « **Reply #6 on:** January 06, 2002, 07:59:00 PM »

Is the kid dead?Did't look like he could survive that.

SirLoin · « **Reply #7 on:** January 06, 2002, 08:13:00 PM »

Yep,dead and with suicide note on him...This is very disturbing.

Daff · « **Reply #8 on:** January 06, 2002, 08:14:00 PM »

"giving him orders over the guard frequency."

What guard frequency?.

Daff

texace · « **Reply #9 on:** January 06, 2002, 09:13:00 PM »

I don't know Daff...all I heard was "guard" frequency. I assume they ment a universal frequency that can reach radios not tuned to your frequency...I think some control towers use it...dunno, just all I heard...

flakbait · « **Reply #10 on:** January 06, 2002, 10:17:00 PM »

Guard was (is?) a freq used by pilots in case of emergency. Anyone who flew in 'Nam can tell you what it was back then, but I don't have a clue what it could be these days.

------------------------
Flakbait [Delta6]
Delta Six's Flight School
Put the P-61B in Aces High
"I wanted to go back for another 50 missions, but they ruled it out
because I had a case of malaria that kept recurring. So I had to stay
in the States and teach combat flying. I was shot down by a mosquito!"
Frank Hurlbut, P-38 pilot

moose · « **Reply #11 on:** January 07, 2002, 01:51:00 AM »

you can see a blood smear across the upper left part of the hole.

what a 'tard. sorry, no sympathy from me.

his parents will most likely sue the flight school and win as well. sometimes freedom's a squeak, isn't it.

mrfish · « **Reply #12 on:** January 07, 2002, 01:58:00 AM »

look at the window just to the right----how pathetic! it isnt even broken!

what a loser. now that guy who was killed by pirates while sailing thru the amazon - now thats the way to go!

not killing yourself over one broken window. one less amazinhunk to worry about on the highway i say. good riddance.

Animal · « **Reply #13 on:** January 07, 2002, 04:19:00 AM »

yeap. death by pirates seems pretty fine and manly imo. i would also like to go by ninja attack, italian mob hit, kidnapped by aliens, or fighting a bear hand to hand.

on the other hand, this little tardling only caused a few thousand dollars damage that some insurance company will pay, and actually giving more publicity to the bank.

Daff · « **Reply #14 on:** January 07, 2002, 06:25:00 AM »

On a standard GA plane radio, you have to manually tune 121.5mhz for distress and emergency. I believe you *can* get radios that will automaticly scan 121.5, but I doubt you'll find that in a light aircraft.
I don't know if he spoke with any kind of ground (AFIS/ATC) before taking off, otherwise your best bet would be to use that frequency. (At least that would have been used anyway on the flight prior to that).
Other than that, hailing someone on the guard frequency only works in Star Trek

Daff