Plane Crash

[crapstang]

Buddy was on his way to Prosper from Mckinney and saw a (small?) plane nosedive out of the sky. Off Custer and Virginia

Just happened apparently, so I'm looking for a news link.

[jw33]

That is right by Areo Country.

[jw33]

Yep, two planes hit in the air and one landed right in front of the Home Depot parking lot...

[1carcrazyguy]

Would rather take my chances in a car, vs. a small plane! I always think of Ron White's skit about small planes when I see these stories. "We were on a plane the size of a pack of gum! Don't worry it will take us all the way to the scene of the crash! One dude was freaked out! Apparently he had a LOT to live for!".....

[SBFORDTECH]

http://www.wfaa.com/mb/news/local/collin-county/plane-crash-reported-in-mckinney/380987179

[4king]

This is across the street from my house. The charred burn marks are still visible on Custer road.


One crashed directly onto the median on custer

[chronical]

RIP.

They were flying VFR. Appears to be pilot error unfortunately.

[01yz2nv]

I got off that morning, if I was on shift this would have been my first in med unit district. I knew it was only a matter of time before something happened over there, sad deal.

[chronical]

I got off that morning, if I was on shift this would have been my first in med unit district. I knew it was only a matter of time before something happened over there, sad deal.

How come it was a matter of time ?

[Rick Modena]

Someone might be able to.look it up, but I had my shop at Aero Country for over 10 years and I only saw one crash that resulted in a few broken bones and bruses. And that one chick that lost her arm exiting a running plane. It's been pretty safe as far as I know.

[01yz2nv]

How come it was a matter of time ?

Not because of the way things run or equipment, just more or less it's been so quiet "call wise" out there for a long time. We get alerts for the main airport often, but never hear anything from aero country.

[Sgt Beavis]

Would rather take my chances in a car, vs. a small plane! I always think of Ron White's skit about small planes when I see these stories. "We were on a plane the size of a pack of gum! Don't worry it will take us all the way to the scene of the crash! One dude was freaked out! Apparently he had a LOT to live for!".....

So you're not one to play the odds, right?

In 2015 there were 560 aviation fatalities, WORLD WIDE. The 2016 numbers aren't in yet but it appears to have been the safest year in the history of commercial aviation.

There were 38600 automotive fatalities in 2015 for the USA alone. There were also 4.4MILLION injuries.

[1carcrazyguy]

So you're not one to play the odds, right?

In 2015 there were 560 aviation fatalities, WORLD WIDE. The 2016 numbers aren't in yet but it appears to have been the safest year in the history of commercial aviation.

There were 38600 automotive fatalities in 2015 for the USA alone. There were also 4.4MILLION injuries.

I just look at it this way. A car quits, we coast off to the side of the road. In a plane....well you coast all the way into the ground. The odds may be in favor of the airplane but I will take my vehicle odds. With that said...I have no problems flying a major airline. I just have no desire to test the odds in a small plane. I look at small planes like a Chicago cab...you sit down in either and you are basically saying, my life could be over before I get out of this.

[chronical]

I just look at it this way. A car quits, we coast off to the side of the road. In a plane....well you coast all the way into the ground. The odds may be in favor of the airplane but I will take my vehicle odds. With that said...I have no problems flying a major airline. I just have no desire to test the odds in a small plane. I look at small planes like a Chicago cab...you sit down in either and you are basically saying, my life could be over before I get out of this.

Airplanes are designed to fly. They want to fly. Meaning if you lost all thrust, you don't just fall out of the sky. Here is a copy and paste segment from an aviation site. The following explanation along with the system redundancies built into the aircraft is what makes air travel so safe. Most accidents are due to pilot error.

The parameter you're asking about is called glide ratio and it is directly related to another parameter called lift-to-drag ratio or L/D ratio. This is a fundamental characteristic of the aerodynamics of a particular aircraft. L/D ratio varies with airspeed; for determining best engine-out glide performance, the L/D ratio at "best glide airspeed" is used. "Best glide airspeed" is the speed that maximizes the L/D ratio, and this maximum value is known as L/Dmax.

The maximum L/D ratio (L/Dmax) of a Cessna 172 is about 9, so its glide ratio is about 9:1 - for every 9 units traveled forward it will lose 1 unit of altitude. So, it will glide about 9,000 feet for every 1,000 feet of altitude available. This is a fairly typical value for small planes.

To show you how widely variable this is, a modern glider can achieve ratios above 60:1, while the Space Shuttle ranged from about 1:1 at high speed, early in reentry, to 4.5:1 on final approach.

Notably, large transport aircraft tend to have significantly higher L/D ratios than small aircraft: a 747 can achieve an L/Dmax of about 17:1. With an altitude of 33,000 feet (~10,000 meters) that would mean a gliding distance of 100 miles (~170 Km).

[4king]

I live within walking distance of that air field, I have been out washing the cars before and on multiple times heard and seen aircraft with engine problems circling back to land. My main gripe about the airfield is the 2 or 3 small private jets landing at 2am, you can hear the jet engines decel loudly as a prolonged low pitch noise