Beech 18 Crash on Take off out of Opa Loka

SteveC said:
As always, if you have an issue with the Moderation here you need to take it up with Doug directly.

Arguing it in public will not work out well for you; that be my prediction.
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Oh really? That kinda place huh? I've seen that at other forums and it wasn't impressive. Thanks, I've heard all I need to hear.
 
MikeD said:
Unfortunately, and I've said this many times before; if you want to make flying a career, you're only going to see more and more friends or people you know perish in air accidents. Whether you hear about it or whether you see it firsthand, its not something you can avoid in this business. Im unfortunately up to about a little over 35, off the top of my head. Which sucks.

Get used to the suck, learn from what comes of it, and press on. There's really nothing else that can be done.
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If someone doesn't want to say what they saw for whatever reason that is fine, it is their right period. I just hope the poster does talk the to NTSB as it could prove useful to them.

Sadly Mike you are correct. I have buried 5 friends/colleagues in this business. I have also watched a pilot crash at airshow and thanked God that my close friend didn't get the ride in the back he was supposed to that day.

All you can do is try to move on, learn from the errors (if any) and remeber the good times. Still not easy at times and at times I find myself asking why did it happen...
 
Someone just linked the video of the accident to me. Im shocked and cant believe it happened.
I spent 5 months in Florida doing my flight training at Opa Locka airport where my school is based (Wayman Aviation). I just had my commercial multiengine checkride, on the 29th of April, passed and returned to my country the next day. Good times flying over there. I saw that aircraft take off/land lots of times. I really liked it, thought it had a pretty cool design. Its pretty shocking now seeing it engulfed in flames, just a few hundred feet from the runway.

There have been times when I wonder if I really made the right choice when I switched over to this career. Usually when I read about the grim job outlooks, and now this. Makes me realize just how serious this career is, can happen pretty fast, but still long enough for you to realize the gravity of the situation. Just a few seconds and then BLAM, dead. Then again, I could die just as fast doing anything else.

I dont know why it is, maybe because it happened where I learned to fly and just a couple of days after I finished, or because I saw that same plane a lot of times before, but watching that video made me feel really sad.

My heart goes to the family of the pilot. May he rest in peace.
 
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