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Posted on 06/17/2010 11:36:21 AM PDT by CedarDave
State Police and Lincoln County emergency management officials say five people are dead and two others are injured after a plane apparently overshot the runway and crashed Thursday morning at the Ruidoso airport in south-central New Mexico. The tail number shows the airplane is registered to Rod Aviation in Granbury, Texas.
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http://www.koat.com/news/23934916/detail.html
http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/local/southeast/plane-crash-in-ruidoso-kills-three
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S1611357.shtml?cat=500
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-It was built in 1980 but was not registered in the US until 1996. The owner at that time was a doctor in Ohio. It was transferred to Rod Aviation in March of this year.
-The 310 is certified for 6 occupants rather than the 7 who were reportedly on board at the time of the crash. This could mean an overload or it might merely be an inaccurate report in the immediate aftermath.
I am an instrument-rated pilot and I own a 1999 Cessna 172R.
42,000 people die each year in vehicle accidents in the US, or about 120/day. NBD. So when a few people die in a plane accident once a month or so, why is this even news? Why? How many people die in plane accidents each year, like 42? That’s 1 for every 1000 who die in their cars.
How about someone posting about the 5 people who died in a car accident in Spokane yesterday?
You seem very angry about this being reported.
Maybe the low frequency of plane crashes is what makes them newsworthy. Besides, this is a local report, not a national one. Fatal car crashes (especially those involving multiple deaths) are almost always reported in local news.
I’m not really seeing the problem here.
The number of people that die in car crashes is much lower, per trip, than in general aviation.
Statistically, private aircraft are a disaster.
No, just curious... very curious, actually. Just generally. I live in the New York City area so on average we probably get about 10 or 12 road deaths per day in the tri-state area and I never hear anything about it. Two people die in a plane crash in Austin and its news.
This it the new airport — the older one, closed in 1989, had a single runway with a length of only 5,500 ft. It is now the location of a country club and golf course.
http://www.airfields-freeman.com/NM/Airfields_NM_SE.htm#ruidoso
I wouldn't categorize it as "a disaster"...it's still statistically safer than bicycling. Motorcycles on the other hand are a disaster statistically.
I bet if you had a plane crash at Teterboro with seven people killed or injured it would make national news.
The old airport had frequent fatal crashes due to the swirling, variable winds due to the adjacent mountains. The new airport has had much less but is still subject to windy conditions. Because the incident took place in clear conditions in the morning before the winds pick up, I would suspect overloading or pilot erro with the high altitude a contributing factor.
Ah, I can see your reaction now. Living in a very populated area can create a disconnect from the less densely populated areas of America, like New Mexico.
I suppose when my friend’s brother crashed his Cessna into a building in NYC a couple of years ago, that was newsworthy.
Somebody hit abuse and had the whole thread moved to chat, so you got your wish.
It would have been sufficient to remove it from front page and leave it with topics NM and TX.
Abuse?.........you have to be kidding me.
No, not really. The fascination with aviation accidents generally seems odd to me. A plane skids off a runway in Buenos Aires with no injuries and it still makes global headlines, and the MSM is on it for the next week, etc etc... the media just seems to hype nothing into something. But I guess that’s not news either!
Now if some guy purposely rams a plane into an IRS building in Texas with the intent of causing death and destruction, THAT I can see as very newsworthy nationally. However, if that same guy had tried to take off from the local GA airport overloaded with fuel, luggage and golf clubs, and he stalled and crashed in a field and scared a few cows, I don’t see why that gets beyond the local news.
PS, since you mention it, sorry to hear about your friend’s brother’s crash, got any deatils on it? When?
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