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Report: Dog near controls likely caused pilot to crash plane
https://apnews.com/b96a261e92804985b844b71c91b1ef99? ^ | 04-10-2019 | AP

Posted on 04/11/2019 9:54:26 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd

MONTICELLO, Iowa (AP) — Federal investigators say a small plane crash that killed a 90-year-old pilot near an eastern Iowa airport was likely caused by the pilot’s decision to allow his large dog near the flight controls.

The final National Transportation Safety Board report says investigators don’t know for certain what caused the single-engine aircraft to go down in a cornfield in June 2017 near Monticello Regional Airport. However, the report says, the dog that weighed about 75 pounds likely came in “contact with the flight controls during landing, which resulted in the pilot’s loss of airplane control.”

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TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: woof
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The dog survived the crash.

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1 posted on 04/11/2019 9:54:26 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

Whew, that was my first question !


2 posted on 04/11/2019 9:57:19 AM PDT by onona (It is often wise to allow a person a graceful path.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

isn’t 90 a bit long in the tooth for a pilot license?


3 posted on 04/11/2019 9:57:39 AM PDT by RitchieAprile
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To: Responsibility2nd

What a maroon.


4 posted on 04/11/2019 9:57:57 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: Responsibility2nd

Don’t let the dog near the controls or near the pilot.

Put him and tie him in the back of the plane.


5 posted on 04/11/2019 9:58:13 AM PDT by Innovative
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To: Responsibility2nd

90 is a good, long life, and he died doing what he loved, and apparently doing it with the pet he loved.

There are worse ways to leave this mortal coil.


6 posted on 04/11/2019 9:59:49 AM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Did he have a license?...................


7 posted on 04/11/2019 10:00:22 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: RitchieAprile

That’s what the dog was thinking.

“I’d be better off landing this plane than Great Grandpa here.”

And he was right.


8 posted on 04/11/2019 10:00:47 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd ( Import the third world and you'll become the third world.)
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To: crusty old prospector

Speaking of maroons, saw this lady in a mini van driving down US 1 in FL with the window half open, dog face out the window. Dog jumped out, lady went berserk trying to stop traffic.

My first thought was what a maroon...


9 posted on 04/11/2019 10:00:57 AM PDT by VastRWCon (Fake News)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Thank goodness the dog survived.

Sure, blame it on the dog and not the 90 year old dude.


10 posted on 04/11/2019 10:01:10 AM PDT by bgill (when you badmouth women, you are badmouthing your mama and the good women on FR)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Not an uncommon sight on the road, often talking on the phone too.

11 posted on 04/11/2019 10:01:12 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Red Badger

He had a fruitbat license for his pet fruitbat Eric.


12 posted on 04/11/2019 10:03:00 AM PDT by Flash Bazbeaux
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To: Responsibility2nd

I wonder if the pilot was dyslectic...


13 posted on 04/11/2019 10:03:04 AM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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To: Red Badger
Did he have a license?...................

 

Why yes. Yes he did.

Image result for dog license

14 posted on 04/11/2019 10:04:02 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd ( Import the third world and you'll become the third world.)
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To: Innovative
"Put him and tie him in the back of the plane."

Or on top of the fuselage, like Mitt....

15 posted on 04/11/2019 10:05:47 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
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To: Responsibility2nd

You have to draw the line somewhere

I will let my dog drive, and operate the tractor, but I will never let him fly my plane.


16 posted on 04/11/2019 10:06:10 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Menehune56

Here in Myrtle Beach I see it all. My favorite is the person driving in rush hour traffic talking on the phone and smoking a cigarette at the same time. The other day I saw a woman reading a book during rush hour.


17 posted on 04/11/2019 10:06:44 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: RitchieAprile
that 90 age struck me as being a bit too much...glad he didn't crash on a bunch of children.....

I see people with their animals on their laps while driving....why that isn't as serious as talking on your cell while driving I'll never understand...

18 posted on 04/11/2019 10:08:28 AM PDT by cherry
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To: Responsibility2nd

“Dog is my Co-Pilot”

This is how dyslexics die.


19 posted on 04/11/2019 10:09:09 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: RitchieAprile
that 90 age struck me as being a bit too much...glad he didn't crash on a bunch of children.....

I see people with their animals on their laps while driving....why that isn't as serious as talking on your cell while driving I'll never understand...

20 posted on 04/11/2019 10:09:25 AM PDT by cherry
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