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FAA: 17 dead in a plane crash in Montana
aP via Breitbart ^ | 22 Mar, 2009 | n/a

Posted on 03/22/2009 4:13:39 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar

BUTTE, Mont. (AP) - A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman says 17 people are dead in a plane crash in Montana. Spokesman Mike Fergus says the single engine turboprop plane departed from Orville, Calif., and that the pilot had filed a flight plan showing a final destination of Bozeman.

Fergus says the pilot canceled his flight plan at some point and headed for Butte. The plane crashed about 500 feet from the airport while attempting to land and caught fire.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; US: California; US: Montana
KEYWORDS: butte; planecrash
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To: arthurus

...Wetbacks? Saw 25 clowns get out of a car, Upppp, was that you at the end of the line? Naaa, yer jest being funny. Right???


81 posted on 03/23/2009 4:25:03 AM PDT by gargoyle (..."Gallows humor."? Mr. President, HANG YOURSELF, Not the Republic!!!)
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To: Jet Jaguar

7 adults and 7 children.


82 posted on 03/23/2009 4:33:16 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: wastedyears

radical turns = control problem

diving into the ground = control problem.

a good pilot would glide a plane with a dead engine as long as he could till he found a flat spot to try to put it down.


83 posted on 03/23/2009 6:11:26 AM PDT by Vaquero ( "an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: dalereed

a pilot friend of mine calls twin engine planes doctor killers, because they dont keep up practice with them and when they do lose an engine, in the heat of an emergency, they forget all they were taught in putting down a lopsided flying plane safely.

of course this is a single engine plane.

another friend use to go up with a doctor friend in a nice single engine all the time. the doctor (without my friend aboard) flew down to visit his son at college and flew back at night in some weather and flew straight into a mountain.


84 posted on 03/23/2009 6:16:43 AM PDT by Vaquero ( "an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Jet Jaguar
Those are really reliable engines, I have a fair amount of time with the PT-6 in a couple different configurations, around 3500 hours , king air 90 and mainly 200.

I would think, off the top of my head over loaded and in a trim configuration the pilot wasn't prepared for..... if out of cg you can frankly run out of elevator and it can happen quickly as you configure to land.

I'll just wait and see what the NTSB report is.........God rest their souls.

85 posted on 03/23/2009 6:25:38 AM PDT by Kakaze (Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for nothing.....except not doing it sooner!)
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To: dalereed

A single-engine turbine airplane piloted by a professional crew would be infinitely more safe than a twin piloted by Dr. Bob...


86 posted on 03/23/2009 5:07:15 PM PDT by IFly4Him
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To: jesseam

Hunkering down will be the order of the day everywhere far too soon.

Dig in. Hunker down.

PRAY.
PRAY MORE!


87 posted on 04/23/2009 3:04:19 AM PDT by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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