Piper Archer down in Bayonne

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NovemberEcho said:
Gliding from the Verrazano to EWR at 800', is that doable?
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With an awesome tailwind. When he made the first call it sounded as if he had power but it was fading. I am pretty sure we were the last arrival for a few minutes as EWR was trying to coordinate.
 
amorris311 said:
With an awesome tailwind. When he made the first call it sounded as if he had power but it was fading. I am pretty sure we were the last arrival for a few minutes as EWR was trying to coordinate.
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We just weren't that busy. I must have taken over the final just after you switched to tower because he called in the middle of our position relief brief. But otherwise we (approach) ran normal ops. Tower sent a couple heli's out to the river to look for him before we got the call Bayonne FD/PD was on the scene.
 
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/small-plane-crashes-street-bayonne-n-article-1.2976636

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A small plane that is registered to a New York flight school crashed in Bayonne, N.J. Sunday morning, sending the pilot to the hospital and knocking down power lines, officials said.

The single-engine plane crashed on Avenue E between 41st and 42nd Streets, in a residential area.

One witness said the plane took down some power lines, knocking out the power in parts of the neighborhood, and crashed into a car that appeared to have someone in it.
 
"While every aviation crash is different, death and injury are most commonly caused by smoke / fire, blunt force trauma and crushing. A factor affecting the severity of blunt force injuries is the amount of time the body and the impacting object are in contact. A longer period of contact allows kinetic energy to be dissipated over a prolonged period, resulting in less damage to the tissues than an equally forceful impact with dispersion of energy over a brief period."
 
Bear said:
"While every aviation crash is different, death and injury are most commonly caused by smoke / fire, blunt force trauma and crushing. A factor affecting the severity of blunt force injuries is the amount of time the body and the impacting object are in contact. A longer period of contact allows kinetic energy to be dissipated over a prolonged period, resulting in less damage to the tissues than an equally forceful impact with dispersion of energy over a brief period."
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Sudden stops, no bueno to the human body.
 
I was extremely shocked to hear about this crash. I saw N15745 every day and know the aircraft was maintained very well. It was parked at the tie down right next to mine at KFRG. Though I never met this particular renter, I am relieved to hear he is OK.
 
Bear said:
"While every aviation crash is different, death and injury are most commonly caused by smoke / fire, blunt force trauma and crushing. A factor affecting the severity of blunt force injuries is the amount of time the body and the impacting object are in contact. A longer period of contact allows kinetic energy to be dissipated over a prolonged period, resulting in less damage to the tissues than an equally forceful impact with dispersion of energy over a brief period."
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Everybody dies. We just do it differently.
 
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