Simviation Forum - Small aircaft crashes into NYC apartment

Oct 11^th, 2006 at 3:09pm

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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/11/plane.crash.ap/index.html

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Reply #1 - Oct 11^th, 2006 at 4:17pm

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This occured pretty close to where I am today.. didn't see or hear anything.
Wx not bad at the time of the accident (although getting worse now); it struck at about 250 MSL right near the East River.

Baffling... and of course the media still hasn't even confirmed what sort of aircraft it was.

The Fox News feed on Yahoo showed some wreckage on the street, but I can't make it out.

Terrible, but I'm glad it didn't hit this building!

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Reply #2 - Oct 11^th, 2006 at 4:41pm

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Raining now; that will help with the fire, if they haven't already put it out.

I may walk up that way after work to see if I can ID anything... doubt I'll be able to get very close, though.

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Reply #3 - Oct 11^th, 2006 at 4:50pm

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Said it was an Cirrus SR-20, apparently flown by a pitcher for the Yankees, Cory Lidle. Sad news to see anything like this happen, but all it seems like the media cares about is Lidle, as I haven't heard anything about the people in the building, on the ground, or anyone else in the airplane. Embarrassed

Sad news again...

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Reply #4 - Oct 11^th, 2006 at 5:03pm

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Oh fantastic-the local news just talked about how he was a relatively new pilot (NOT in a way that suggested that was the reason for the crash) and showed film of him taxiing in a 172 with one of the news anchors, (he had taken them flying two or three weeks after he got his license) now my mom is having a nervous breakdown. Fly-in lunches with dad now in jeopardy Roll Eyes

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Reply #5 - Oct 11^th, 2006 at 5:49pm

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Oh fantastic-the local news just talked about how he was a relatively new pilot (NOT in a way that suggested that was the reason for the crash) and showed film of him taxiing in a 172 with one of the news anchors, (he had taken them flying two or three weeks after he got his license) now my mom is having a nervous breakdown. Fly-in lunches with dad now in jeopardy Roll Eyes

If you haven't noticed already the media has always had a thing for making aviation appear to be the most dangerous thing ever.

To bad for the families of those involved and for aviation in general.

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Reply #6 - Oct 11^th, 2006 at 5:53pm

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If you haven't noticed already the media has always had a thing for making aviation appear to be the most dangerous thing ever.

To bad for the families of those involved and for aviation in general.

I should've stressed more that they actually did it very well-the reporter was visibly rattled because she had personally flown with him. They spoke about how he was a new pilot only as information, not as an indictment, and mentioned his passion for flying. Just seeing someone similar (to myself) was enough to set my mom off though.

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Reply #7 - Oct 11^th, 2006 at 6:03pm