As a private pilot I would like to set the story aright.
It is a 99 44/100% lead pipe cinch that the plane did not “land” upside down. Taildragger airplanes, having no nosewheel to support the plane and prevent it flipping over when the main gear touches down, sometimes do what is known as a “groundloop” in which they flip over on their back. That is surely what happened in this instance. After a second look at the rough vegetation where it landed, it’s obvious that an airplane could not taxi in that stuff, and the instant the wheels descended into that brush and brambles they would have caught and flipped the airplane over on its back.
FWIW.
You’re absolutely correct. I should have pointed that out in my comments.
Thanks.
Actually, a ground loop is when the plane spins horizontally on the ground as the greater mass behind the landing gears tries to overtake the front on a tail dragger.
Why the Hell wasnt the 210 on flight following? No excuse for that. You cant fly prisoners unless you have a Commercial ticket in this state. I flew a lot of them when I was in Kansas. FF would have notified him of traffic. It appears the 210 flew into the 180, as the 210 is missing its nose gear and the 180, its tail.
That will be judged as pilot error. The county will be buying a new 180 out of that deal.