SoCal Collision 1/9/2022

[fholbert]

SoCal Collision 1/9/2022 Looks like a Cessna 172, clearly it‘s totaled.

The heavy appears to be okay.

Date:	09-JAN-2022
Time:	c. 14:10
Type:	Cessna 172
Owner/operator:
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	near Whiteman Airport (WHP/KWHP), Los Angeles, CA - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Los Angeles-Whiteman Airport, CA (WHP/KWHP)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Following a loss of engine power shortly after takeoff, the aircraft sustained substantial damage subsequent to impact with a railroad locomotive during the forced landing to railroad right-of-way terrain near Whiteman Airport (WHP/KWHP), Los Angeles, California.
The sole pilot onboard the single engine airplane received unspecified injuries.
There were no reported injuries on the ground.

https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/LDN-L-PACPLANE-0110-16x9-1-1.jpg?w=1254

 

[knot4u]

KWHP is a treasure. There is no business aviation other than flight training and some helicopter ops that operates from there. It's just a single runway little airport in the middle of a huge expance of population with mostly private pilots that own their airplanes and would rather just be left alone. I soloed there, so my opinion is biased.

 

[fholbert]

Holly s8it!

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[Wardogg]

I'm pretty sure not only did that train not hit the brakes, but he was shifting gears.

 

[Boris Badenov]

Dude just about got a big piece of aluminum to the noggin. Wonder why the people up by the track were so slow to clear off, maybe they'd just gotten the pilot out?

PS. Yes, upon review it certainly looks like they were dragging him away. If I'd watched this ten years from now I'd have said it was too perfect, must be CGI.

 

[NOGUFFCHET]

Agreed, no way I would believe that footage was real if it hadn't happened today.

 

[fholbert]

KWHP is a treasure. There is no business aviation other than flight training and some helicopter ops that operates from there. It's just a single runway little airport in the middle of a huge expance of population with mostly private pilots that own their airplanes and would rather just be left alone. I soloed there, so my opinion is biased.

Isn’t that the airport where Aunt Bea learned to fly?

 

[fholbert]

I'm pretty sure not only did that train not hit the brakes, but he was shifting gears.

Anyone know how to turn the train signal lights red? It’s easier than you think.

 

[fholbert]

Dude just about got a big piece of aluminum to the noggin. Wonder why the people up by the track were so slow to clear off, maybe they'd just gotten the pilot out?

PS. Yes, upon review it certainly looks like they were dragging him away. If I'd watched this ten years from now I'd have said it was too perfect, must be CGI.

How about this body cam.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1480363436311670784

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

Guess that Cessna 172 was in need of some R&R

 

[Boris Badenov]

They just yanked that poor old man out of his vehicle and dragged him away, freaking fascists!

 

[Box hauler]

That video is Fking insane. Wow

 

[Inverted]

These staged YouTuber videos are getting intense...

 

[Skåning]

2022 is off to a wild start

 

[Screaming_Emu]

Not second guessing the police in this one, but I think if they knew how light a 172 was they would have just tried to drag the whole thing. Maybe they did. Either way, the balls….humongous.

 

[mightynimbus]

Not sure about the communication with the people that do train stuff, but it seems the cops had time to yellow tape the area.
Maybe the old gentleman was being left in place waiting for ambulance.
Then they realized no one stopped the trains. I dunno

 

[fholbert]

Not sure about the communication with the people that do train stuff, but it seems the cops had time to yellow tape the area.
Maybe the old gentleman was being left in place waiting for ambulance.
Then they realized no one stopped the trains. I dunno

Local news said the cops could hear the trains horn when they arrived on scene.

 

[mightynimbus]

Local news said the cops could hear the trains horn when they arrived on scene.

Weird, seeing that "crime scene" tape, I was wondering how long they had been on scene.

One thing for sure, whoever filmed that downstream shot, has never played pool before.

 

[NovemberEcho]

Weird, seeing that "crime scene" tape, I was wondering how long they had been on scene.

One thing for sure, whoever filmed that downstream shot, has never played pool before.

I think the tape was for the construction

 

[ahw01]

Where was the DDOJSIOC?

"Barton Heliport of the LACoFD"