Picture for today

[wlas]

This looks pretty scary. It's a 41 T-craft

[cropduster]

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WOW, been there. I ounce landed at an airport on the grass, on skies, and slid within 4' of the back side of a hanger. The only thing that saved me was the cornace ( or snow drift ) that had blowen up around the back side of the hanger that was about 10' high. I slid almost to the top of the snow bank. It takes a lot of planning sometimes when you are on skies. Skies are a lot trickier than floats.

[RichardBoyer]

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whats the story to go with the picture?

[n6346m]

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The airplane belongs to an acquaintance. It is a 41 converted to an F19.

[wlas]

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Bob...What's the story, someone sent it to me and from the report it just happened on sunday, that is unbelievable it just hung there and didn't fall. Looks like with a helicopter it can be saved.

[SteveR]

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Wow...amazing. Are there any more pictures?

[guns68]

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I don't want to be a wet blanket, and I have been wrong more than once, but that picture sure looks photo shopped. I would be interested in seeing other photos or articles about this incident.

[n6346m]

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Bob...What's the story, someone sent it to me and from the report it just happened on sunday, that is unbelievable it just hung there and didn't fall. Looks like with a helicopter it can be saved.

It has just been helicoptered out and is currently being repaired. I don't know the extent of the damage but as usual it probably suffered more from the move than the original mishap. I have not talked to the owner yet. He probably has better things to do right now than talk to me.

Bob

[wlas]

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I talked to the pilot tonight and you are right, he got it out today, I ask what it was like to climb back down and hook up to his lifting eyes and he said very scary. the only thing thats damaged on the wing is the tip. I told him I would build a new one if would get it off and bring it over. He said it was over two thousand feet down to the bottom.

[AKbrew]

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Yeah...no "photoshopping" for this picture! A couple of us flew up to check out the site today. Here is a shot of the ski tracks leading up to the edge of the cliff and a shot flying directly over the location to show the scale of the mountain. Look real closely to see the T-Craft flying over the spot of the 'incident'.

[flyguy]

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I know nothing about that kind of flying, but both pictures make it look like an up-hill takeoff. Is that just an illusion? Or...was he turning around to go the other way??
Darryl

[NY86]

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I know i should probably keep my mouth shut, but it looks like a full power go-around would have been the better course.... (Plenty of room to gain airspeed if you can clear the lip!)

(I know, hind sight...)

[n6346m]

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If we've flown long enough, especially in Alaska, to know that most of us have been there - done that. It is unfair to the pilot to speculate about what did or did not happen and monday morning quarterback. For all we know, the airplane was parked and when he went to take a leak, a gust of wind pushed the airplane over the side or he made a dead-stick emergency landing and that flat spot was his only option and there was ice just under the snow and the airplane kept going in the slight downhill. He is the only one who can tell you what happened. Even if you heard it from someone else he told, often they put their own spin or interpretation on it. Please respect his privacy, if he wants us to know he will tell us. Some will say that he has the duty to tell us so that we may learn from this incident, I say the picture itself does that. Just imagine any scenario you would like and ask yourself what you would have done in that situation.

[VictorBravo]

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I'm just glad the aircraft didn't go over the edge and kill somebody. Yeah, I'd like to hear what really happened, of course, as would the rest of us.

[Robert Lees]

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More photos here. I hope our anonymous pilot is OK.