Posted on 07/11/2011 8:32:25 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
A family of seven on board a small plane were killed when it crashed in Alabama after an engine failed - leaving behind a 16-year-old daughter.
A couple and their five young children were returning to Florida from a family reunion in St. Louis, Missouri, on Saturday night when the crash happened, authorities said.
Fred and Terresa Teutenberg died, but her oldest child, Ashlei Bruewer, 16, was not on the plane.
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Oh Dear God! This is awful.
The plane looks to be a Cirrus design. I believe they can be equipped with a ballistic parachute. Unfortunately, they function within certain parameters and if the aircraft is out of the ‘envelope’ they are merely useless ballast. Brutal news.
Tell me the pilot is not a doctor or dentist.
I read that a test pilot said, “the Piper Cub is the safest of all planes,,, It can just BARELY kill you”.
They were here (St. Louis) visiting family and this man’s father is a well known business man here in St. Louis. I feel badly for him also losing his son, DIL and all those grandbabies.
Here’s the deal.. .when I have a “engine failure” in my car. . .I just pull over and call for a tow. In a plane. . it’s “Mayday. . Mayday.” Flying is much more risky because the consequences resulting from mechanical failures. . .Murphy rules the air. Very few fender benders in the air.
LOL! My brother in law took up flying and he had to land on a highway. I don’t think he even flies commercial anymore.
Wow. What a horrible tragedy. So sad for the young woman left behind. I will pray for her to be strong and one day take comfort in the memories and life she shared with her family. Amen. :(
I was in Beaver County that day at my in-laws. I'll never forget it. And the backstory on how that particular family wound up on Flight #427 is one of those "holy cow" moments involving such trivia as soccer practice, a TV show taping and available seating on the plane. Just a gut wrenching story even to this day.
Depends. Here in Columbus two weeks ago, a doctor and his wife were killed in a Cirrus. The parachute system couldn't help them at low altitude where the trouble appears to have occurred.
A Cub's stall speed is about 33 knots or 38 mph dirty. That's just about half the speed of the Cirrus. Injuries likely? Yes. But, a chance to live another day is possible depending on the many variables acting upon the a/c at impact.
The Cirrus pilot would have had to put the nose down if he lost an engine in order to maintain airspeed. The prospect of eventually immediately flying into trees as one tries to maintain control is an awful option in 'trying' to keep a bird flying.
Out of air, out of time, out of envelope.
Self correction: missed the image of the 421 and drew the wrong conclusion as to the actual a/c involved.
Self correction: a/c was a 421, not a Cirrus as stated.
I am a General Avaition pilot with over 12,000 hours, Multi engine, instrument rated, CFII, Commercial, 1200 hrs turbine time. You are 2200 times more likely to be killed in a car than a small plane. Now there are stupid people that shouldn’t be flying, BUT (as in gun control) It ain’t the instrument that is bad, it is the user.
It was a 1978 Cessna 421C according to the article.
Lost the right engine at cruise, and crashed into a stand of trees on approach to land.
The pics at the URL are just heart breaking.
Engine out on a twin. Enough power left to get to the scene of the crash.
>>> Engine out on a twin. Enough power left to get to the scene of the crash. <<< Cannot think of a more true axiom.
>>> Lost the right engine at cruise, and crashed into a stand of trees on approach to land. <<<
There’s been many a pilot killed trying to make it to the airfield, instead of landing in a field.
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