Just on News a Lancair 320 crashed at or near Temple Bar AZ . Plane was registered to North Las Vegas address . Apparently single occupant transported by Helicopter to Hospital -started fire in National Park .

182 STOL driver wrote:Just on News a Lancair 320 crashed at or near Temple Bar AZ . Plane was registered to North Las Vegas address . Apparently single occupant transported by Helicopter to Hospital -started fire in National Park .

Hope he's ok. What's to burn out there sand?

Glidergeek wrote:

182 STOL driver wrote:Just on News a Lancair 320 crashed at or near Temple Bar AZ . Plane was registered to North Las Vegas address . Apparently single occupant transported by Helicopter to Hospital -started fire in National Park .

Hope he's ok. What's to burn out there sand?

Russ, I was truckin into CA on I-40 late at night some years ago during a gnarly thunderstorm around the CA/AZ state line. I stopped at that inspection station before Needles and noticed what looked like a small brush fire along the highway by that inspection station. I asked the inspection officer what the heck is burning in the middle of the desert He said he saw the lightning strike the ground which in turn caused a small brush fire.

58Skylane wrote:

Glidergeek wrote:

182 STOL driver wrote:Just on News a Lancair 320 crashed at or near Temple Bar AZ . Plane was registered to North Las Vegas address . Apparently single occupant transported by Helicopter to Hospital -started fire in National Park .

Hope he's ok. What's to burn out there sand?

Russ, I was truckin into CA on I-40 late at night some years ago during a gnarly thunderstorm around the CA/AZ state line. I stopped at that inspection station before Needles and noticed what looked like a small brush fire along the highway by that inspection station. I asked the inspection officer what the heck is burning in the middle of the desert He said he saw the lightning strike the ground which in turn caused a small brush fire.

I was mostly being sarcastic (my normal self) I know there's plenty of weed and brush out there if things are right it'll go. Here's a pic of that crash site doesn't look like much of a fire tho and that's good.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/one-injured-in ... 99784.html

Glidergeek wrote:

58Skylane wrote:

Glidergeek wrote:Hope he's ok. What's to burn out there sand?

Russ, I was truckin into CA on I-40 late at night some years ago during a gnarly thunderstorm around the CA/AZ state line. I stopped at that inspection station before Needles and noticed what looked like a small brush fire along the highway by that inspection station. I asked the inspection officer what the heck is burning in the middle of the desert He said he saw the lightning strike the ground which in turn caused a small brush fire.

I was mostly being sarcastic (my normal self) I know there's plenty of weed and brush out there if things are right it'll go.

Yes, I should have known

Glidergeek wrote:
http://www.lvrj.com/news/one-injured-in ... 99784.html

Glad to pilot is alive!

Good thing this didn't happen on take off or landing at North Las Vegas (assuming that's where the plane is based). If it did, more than likely it would have been more fuel for the Mayors rampage against experimentals and other GA

Glad the guy is alright.
No bullshit, I actually disposed of a Lancair 320, minus wings and FWF in my apartment complex dumpster. Imagine the look of the people when they see a tail of an airplane stickin out of the lid. The pilot died while trying save the airplane, instead of landing straight ahead in the marsh. He came in short of the runway. The impact was so great it ripped the stitches of the seatbelt harness from itself. The head of the pilot hit the eyebrow of the panel.
After getting over the fact somebody died in the plane and blood/brain pieces were here and there, after being somewhat cleaned up. I helped my local A&P friend salvage the FWF and avionics. We tried to take it to the local landfill, but they would not accept it. So, I said, hey my apartment complex has HUGE dumpster's and is almost never full. Lets hurry up and swing by. It was a Sunday, so no one really noticed..us stuffing it in.
Anyways, it was kind of funny looking back on the whole ordeal!

I hope hes ok..

Muñoz said rangers extinguished a fire that broke out after the plane crashed and were working to contain a fuel spill.

I would think the fire would help take care of the fuel spill