King Air short of the runway KPWK

[mikecweb]

King Air N92JR crashed tonight short of the runway at PWK.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N92JR

 

[SeanD]

Hope everyone is ok. That is close to that apartment complex. Were you there?

 

[Boris Badenov]

Ouch. That's a bit shorter than I'd pictured from the thread title. Hope everybody made it. :/

 

[mikecweb]

Hope everyone is ok. That is close to that apartment complex. Were you there?

No. Heard from a friend.

 

[SeanD]

What is that, about a 1/2 mile short of the runway?

 

[mikecweb]

What is that, about a 1/2 mile short of the runway?

If that. They are pretty close.

 

[GX]

Looks like they need to go to "keep it high and hot" school.



Too soon?

 

[SeanD]

Im bored so I Google mapped the location. Looks like Wolf Rd, inbound for R 16 No flaps

 

[mikecweb]

Looks like they need to go to "keep it high and hot" school.



Too soon?

huh

 

[SteveC]

We were just through there an hour or two earlier. Did a couple turns holding on the localizer waiting for a small cell to move off final, but it was a relatively benign evening while we were there.

 

[dustoff17]

Looks like they need to go to "keep it high and hot" school.



Too soon?

Classic!

 

[KHanson]

Wow... I know EXACTLY where this is, too... Yikes...

More pics of the accident: http://www.journal-topics.com/news/article_abe6272a-de04-11e2-9132-0019bb30f31a.html?mode=image

 

[Apophis]

Hopefully everyone got out. There have been too darn many aviation fatalities the past week.

 

[Cessnaflyer]

I always hate seeing King Air accidents because I always picture how I would get trapped in our tiny cockpit.

 

[g550driver]

Everyone walked away, good news.
Looks like 5 more gallons of gas would have gotten them there.
liveatc.net KPWK audio archives from 0100-0130, then fast forward to 23:50 into the tapes.

 

[dustoff17]

Everyone walked away, good news.
Looks like 5 more gallons of gas would have gotten them there.
liveatc.net KPWK audio archives from 0100-0130, then fast forward to 23:50 into the tapes.

Fuel starvation, seriously?
The flight was less than 400nm.

 

[g550driver]

Fuel starvation, seriously?
The flight was less than 400nm.

Yes, a friend of mine on Wheelings Fire Department said they ran out of gas.

 

[SteveCostello]

Fuel starvation, seriously?
The flight was less than 400nm.

That's an expensive way to get yourself out of a job. I don't hear about Pt 91/135 operators running out of gas too often... I assume something like this haunts your career for a while?

 

[spoolinup22]

Talked to some friends that work at PWK, said that props were feathered and it was very quiet landing. And of course the media is calling this guy a "hero"!

 

[Murdoughnut]

Everyone walked away, good news.
Looks like 5 more gallons of gas would have gotten them there.
liveatc.net KPWK audio archives from 0100-0130, then fast forward to 23:50 into the tapes.

Jesus, could that guy have sounded any more country?