Posted on 03/08/2023 8:20:32 AM PST by BenLurkin
Three of the four victims have been identified, including a flight instructor, a college student and a 67-year-old man.
Where the planes departed from and what caused the deadly collision remains unknown... the crash happened around 14:00 EST (19:00 GMT) near the Winter Haven Regional Airport & FBO.
After the collision, one of the planes was 21ft (6m) under water while the other was partially submerged.
One of the two planes involved was a Cherokee Piper 161. It carried Faith Irene Baker, 24, a flight instructor with Sunrise Aviation, and Zachary Jean Mace, 19, a student at Polk State College.
The Cherokee Piper 161, a fixed-wing aircraft, was being operated on behalf of Polk State College, local media reported.
Mr Judd said the other plane was a Piper J-3 Club, a float plane, that was carrying Randall Elbert Crawford, 67, and one other person
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Banking of a small aircraft by opening one door is a great way to gain a better real-world understanding of aerodynamics and a/c performance. It could serve a valuable function if in some future scenario, in an aircraft with a snapped aileron cable, making the difference between getting down effectively and safely on something flat, as opposed to smacking into a tree or building.
Why would that be a problem? Do you have any idea what kind of training it takes to be a flight instructor? It is one of hardest ratings to achieve with the FAA.
Refreshing to read about a small aircraft crash that DOESN’T involve a Beechcraft V-tail.
That’s great. Big accomplishment.
When you get tired of flying you just deploy the chute!
Competency is a function of training, experience and maturity.
“General Aviation has gotten exponentially safer over the years.”
Both my parents were pilots, and I was just short of getting my PPC, ran out of money. But I used to have a riddle about the safety of flight:
What is the most dangerous part of flying?
The trip to and from the airport in the car.
No one has ever guessed right.
wy69
An some dismiss people in their 20’s as no nothings...at least they have their eyesight and hearing and reflexes and not the arrogance of some old people.
There is a seaplane base right beside WH airport.
That’s also true! Lucky I am somewhere in between!
You obviously have no clue.
Classic over wing a/c vs under wing a/c collision.
No I don’t but your responses are more petulant teen then 5 year old so I’ll go with that.
Yeah, that’s what I was getting to understand.
When you’ve got the entire sky to fly around it, it’s got to take some skill for 2 small planes to collide, unless they were training some aerial acrobatics or something.
‘We were ‘IFR’, “I Follow Roads”.’
Yeah, planes landing at O’Hare still follow the Kennedy Expressway in, even though they have the beacons. I suppose if the beacons fail, the smart pilots will know to just keep following the road.
Fighter Pilots during WWII were almost all in their early twenties.
24 yr old flight instructor. Think I see the problem.
Apparently you’re unaware that the average age of American pilots during WWII was around 20-21.
It’s a miracle they could even get off the ground.
Coincidentally today, March 8, is the 67th day of the year.
Gaslight much?
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