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Plane clips truck on landing at Unalaska
Anchorage Daily News ^
| April 10th, 2008
Posted on 04/11/2008 6:33:34 AM PDT by skeptoid
A commercial airplane clipped a truck on landing at the Unalaska airport Wednesday, causing minor injuries to some people aboard, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and the city's public safety department.
Nine people were aboard the Peninsula Airways G-21 Grumman Goose -- flying in from Akutan -- as it came in for its final approach about 4:30 p.m., said Unalaska Sgt. Jennifer Shockley. As it came in, its wheel touched the roof of a truck crossing one end of the runway and the plane tumbled onto the pavement.
(Excerpt) Read more at adn.com ...
TOPICS: Local News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: aerospace; alaska; bonk
Informative comments follow the article.
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posted on
04/11/2008 6:33:35 AM PDT
by
skeptoid
To: skeptoid
![](http://media.adn.com/smedia/2008/04/11/00/705-3583404.standalone.prod_affiliate.7.jpg)
CHARLES HOMANS / The Associated Press Peninsula Airways ground crew pulls luggage from the wrecked Grumman Goose on Thursday, April 10, 2008.
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posted on
04/11/2008 6:35:17 AM PDT
by
skeptoid
(AA, UE, MBS [with oak leaf clusters])
To: skeptoid
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posted on
04/11/2008 6:37:07 AM PDT
by
skeptoid
(AA, UE, MBS [with oak leaf clusters])
To: skeptoid
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posted on
04/11/2008 6:39:24 AM PDT
by
papasmurf
(WWOD? (What Would Obama Do?))
To: skeptoid
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posted on
04/11/2008 6:40:00 AM PDT
by
skeptoid
(AA, UE, MBS [with oak leaf clusters])
To: skeptoid
Dang! It took me too long to post. LOL
I tried hitting...back-back-back, but it wouldn't go away!:)
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posted on
04/11/2008 6:41:29 AM PDT
by
papasmurf
(WWOD? (What Would Obama Do?))
To: skeptoid
The aircraft is valued at about $500,000, and damage to it was still being assessed, he said. There ain't now way that aircraft ever flies again. What a shame to lose a classic like that.
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posted on
04/11/2008 7:18:42 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: skeptoid
I think I’m gonna cry. That’s a 65-year-old classic sitting wrecked right there. Built like every other Grumman—a tank with wings, and that’s probably what helped save the passengers from worse injury.
You know you’ve got an old airplane when your registration is only three numbers! (N741)
}:-)4
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posted on
04/11/2008 7:22:29 AM PDT
by
Moose4
(If you get robbed, raped, or killed in Durham County, NC today, thank a probation officer.)
To: skeptoid
How do you say “hold short” in eskimo?
To: skeptoid
"It hadn't been fixed initially because of parts, but at this time we have no intention of fixing it because we plan to relocate it to a safer location," he said. Wetherell said he didn't know when the gate was scheduled to be relocated or where it will be placed.
Sounds like someone is trying a CYA.
To: Yo-Yo; Moose4
There ain't now way that aircraft ever flies again. It could very well fly again.
The Goose recently restored in Ketchikan was goundlooped and the center section was quite warped, but it is or will soon be airworthy (though N-88821 will never fly again).
![](http://www.geocities.com/alaskangoose2/1157-N88821-4-2001-BuckyDawson.gif)
The real question is who needs and can afford it's unique capabilities.
(The nose is a baggage compartment and a photographer can take some interesting inflight photos riding there)
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posted on
04/11/2008 1:48:38 PM PDT
by
skeptoid
(AA, UE, MBS [with oak leaf clusters])
To: skeptoid
Or maybe the Ketchikan project has a new parts donor.
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posted on
04/11/2008 7:28:29 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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