qmdv wrote:Any word as to why. Any statement from pilot.
Tim
He crashed about the time we went over Profile Pass. An observer on the ground said he saw him come from behind the hogback in a turn, saw the nose start to drop and then he added a "boatload of power", the nose continued to drop, and he disappeared in the trees. The observer on the radio was trying to direct landing aircraft to the general area he thought the aircraft went down. A Skywagon made multiple passes with no luck in spotting it, my son made one more circle to loose altitude to began the approach, we passed right over the wreckage, we just happened to be in the right spot to see down into the trees. The most heartening fact was from the time we spotted the wreckage, called it in, flew the approach, coming in over the trees on final, to see the number of people headed down the strip to begin the rescue. The good thing is the pilot can be interviewed, so we can save a lot of effort on speculation. He was blessed to have someone see him go down, and to have a rescue party right on the spot, and there were probably people with a medical background in the rescue group. The chatter on the radio from the ground rescue personal was very professional and concise. They did good work. Hopefully, if the pilot wants too, he will fly again.
