small aircraft down...in my neck of the woods

[bivguy]

http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/gun_lake_region/Fatal_plane_crash_near_Plainwell

I dont know the pilot, but still very sad. RIP fellow aviator

 

[Murdoughnut]

Doesn't look like weather was too big of a factor.

 

[bivguy]

KBIV 211953Z AUTO 22014G21KT 10SM CLR 28/10 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP190 T02780100.
weather shouldnt have been a factor.

 

[sdfcvoh]

RIP

 

[rd757]

22014G21KT

Depending on runways, that could be bad for a RV-8 aircraft.

RD

 

[bivguy]

RUNWAY 9/27 2650ft.. I just read it may have been engine failure

 

[tprops4me]

Oh man. I just drove past the airport about a half hour before the crash. I remember looking over at the runway and thinking that I need to take a hamburger run to the restaurant on the field there. It was a little windy. My car was blowing around on the road.

 

[BillErvin]

RIP

RV 8's can be a bit untamed even without a crosswind, that's why most people do wheel landings in the 8. If you 3-point one and you're not on top of it, the 8 can get away from you in a hurry. That can be said of a lot of TD airplanes but in my opinion, more so in an RV8. Its still a fine airplane and this is just my experience with them, I'm sure there are those out there with a differing opinionanic: