Robbie Stuart wrote:
the330thbg wrote:
The collision is being investigated by the Transport Safety Board and the NRP criminal investigation branch.
GOOD!
Robbie
Okay, I went to check it out on my lunch hour and I have a few small things to report.
1) No sign of 109 anywhere, so I gather it is locked away in its hangar
2) The only poles that I could find appear to be on the north end of the runway there was a 30-40' telephone pole standing there and a smaller pole (looks to be a silver flagpole)beside which was bent over steeply at a bout a 30 degree angle, my guess is this is the one that the 109 hit. The pole looked to be aluminum and much thinner than the other wood pole. Both poles are in line with the end of the runway and there is a farm house about 75 yards away from them.
The angle at which the smaller pole was bent suggests that the 109 was taking off North east, the prevailing winds here are out of the southwest therefore I can see how the pilot might not have seen them. At any rate, he hit the right pole as I'm certain teh other pole would have resulted in catastrophe.
While I was out there there was a police officer checking out the area around the poles. Purely by accident I met the owner of the farmlamd to the south of the airport and was he was more than hospitable to letting me watch some of the arrivals from his land. He went up and down the road warnimg people to steer clear of areas where he had applied pesticide but said that we were welcome to watch from his land.
So for every NIMBYer there are still plenty of good people out there.
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