gredenko
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Hello,
You may have heard about the crash today at the EAA Airshow. Here's a link to the ATC feed during the incident. The incident aircraft doesn't make any calls (like most planes going in), but you can tell exactly when it happened. About 1-2 mins in, you'll hear:
ATC: Ah, fly past the green dot and cleared to land.
ATC: Turn the base now.
Tower background: OH!
X Pilot: Parking area.
Agitated ATC female: Helicopter, turn left, turn left of the runway.
After that, you can hear them divert people around from 27 to 36. Later, a pilot notes that there may be an incident down there, and a few minutes later they close the airport. It's great to hear how calm and composed the ATC guys were. God rest the pilots, and great job ATC.
http://www.liveatc.net/.archive/kosh/KOSH-Jul-23-2006-1330Z.mp3
Two killed in runway crash in Oshkosh
Associated Press
OSHKOSH, Wis. - Two people were killed Sunday morning when their homebuilt airplane landed short of the runway at Wittman Regional Airport, Winnebago County authorities said.
Both of the plane's occupants died in the crash that happened around 8:45 a.m., said Dick Knapinski, a spokesman for the Experimental Aircraft Association, whose AirVenture 2006 opens Monday on the EAA grounds at the Oshkosh airport.
The names of the pilot and passenger were not released but Winnebago County coroner Barry Busby said it appeared the victims were a man and woman in their mid-60s. Autopsies were scheduled for Monday morning.
Elizabeth Isham Cory, spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration, said the couple was flying a single-engine airplane, but she was unable to provide additional information.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board were investigating.
Officials at the Homebuilt Headquarters on the AirVenture grounds said they couldn't help identify the crash victims because officials don't have records of people flying in until they reach the grounds.
About 800 to 1,000 homebuilt airplanes fly in for AirVenture each summer, Knapinski said.
There are about 28,000 homebuilt airplanes registered in the U.S., and that number goes up by about 1,000 each year, he said.
Knapinski said the last fatal accident on the airport grounds during an EAA convention was 15 years ago.
You may have heard about the crash today at the EAA Airshow. Here's a link to the ATC feed during the incident. The incident aircraft doesn't make any calls (like most planes going in), but you can tell exactly when it happened. About 1-2 mins in, you'll hear:
ATC: Ah, fly past the green dot and cleared to land.
ATC: Turn the base now.
Tower background: OH!
X Pilot: Parking area.
Agitated ATC female: Helicopter, turn left, turn left of the runway.
After that, you can hear them divert people around from 27 to 36. Later, a pilot notes that there may be an incident down there, and a few minutes later they close the airport. It's great to hear how calm and composed the ATC guys were. God rest the pilots, and great job ATC.
http://www.liveatc.net/.archive/kosh/KOSH-Jul-23-2006-1330Z.mp3
Two killed in runway crash in Oshkosh
Associated Press
OSHKOSH, Wis. - Two people were killed Sunday morning when their homebuilt airplane landed short of the runway at Wittman Regional Airport, Winnebago County authorities said.
Both of the plane's occupants died in the crash that happened around 8:45 a.m., said Dick Knapinski, a spokesman for the Experimental Aircraft Association, whose AirVenture 2006 opens Monday on the EAA grounds at the Oshkosh airport.
The names of the pilot and passenger were not released but Winnebago County coroner Barry Busby said it appeared the victims were a man and woman in their mid-60s. Autopsies were scheduled for Monday morning.
Elizabeth Isham Cory, spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration, said the couple was flying a single-engine airplane, but she was unable to provide additional information.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board were investigating.
Officials at the Homebuilt Headquarters on the AirVenture grounds said they couldn't help identify the crash victims because officials don't have records of people flying in until they reach the grounds.
About 800 to 1,000 homebuilt airplanes fly in for AirVenture each summer, Knapinski said.
There are about 28,000 homebuilt airplanes registered in the U.S., and that number goes up by about 1,000 each year, he said.
Knapinski said the last fatal accident on the airport grounds during an EAA convention was 15 years ago.
