SUS Aero Commander Accident

I have real fond memories of those days. Well, not fond, just memories. Ok nightmares...

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Inverted said:
The true era of freight dawgs is over, and it will never be like that again. Probably with good reason, though. The crap I did at AMF makes me cringe...

All for canceled checks...
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I'm sure I've told this one before, but when I was The New Guy doing FLX714 in 2005, all of the "old hands" (who were probably 25 and had been there for 6 months) took great joy in telling me about how when this guy crashed and the NTSB showed up, they met a bunch of locals out there kicking over wreckage and picking up checks, presumably paid by the banks.

I rather suspect that this was, uh, a fairytale, but it does nicely capture the "feels" of that time and place.

Loss of control Accident Cessna 210L Centurion N210CT, Wednesday 4 December 2002

On December 4, 2002, at 1747 central standard time, a single-engine Cessna 210L airplane, N210CT, operating as Flight Express 714 (FLX 714), was destroyed following an in-flight breakup d...
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Inverted said:
The true era of freight dawgs is over, and it will never be like that again. Probably with good reason, though. The crap I did at AMF makes me cringe...

All for canceled checks...
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I like most of the Mountain guys that fly into EWR. The ones who know will do whatever you ask of them and always have preceding traffic in sight. The new guys will acknowledge keeping it fast on final then slow to 90kts 8 miles out. The good ones do 160 to the fence.
 
Boris Badenov said:
I'm sure I've told this one before, but when I was The New Guy doing FLX714 in 2005, all of the "old hands" (who were probably 25 and had been there for 6 months) took great joy in telling me about how when this guy crashed and the NTSB showed up, they met a bunch of locals out there kicking over wreckage and picking up checks, presumably paid by the banks.

I rather suspect that this was, uh, a fairytale, but it does nicely capture the "feels" of that time and place.

Loss of control Accident Cessna 210L Centurion N210CT, Wednesday 4 December 2002

On December 4, 2002, at 1747 central standard time, a single-engine Cessna 210L airplane, N210CT, operating as Flight Express 714 (FLX 714), was destroyed following an in-flight breakup d...
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Occasionally when the children are acting up on gyaaaaarrrd I will re-tell your story about being a young freight pup and wandering into a t-storm and trying to reach center on 121.5.
 
Roger Roger said:
Occasionally when the children are acting up on gyaaaaarrrd I will re-tell your story about being a young freight pup and wandering into a t-storm and trying to reach center on 121.5.
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Never been so scared, even in a life full of questionable decisions. To this day when people carp on about Deltur and the ride-reports, I remember that the guy who said "shut up, this kid is in trouble" was wearing a U-Boat Jacket.

Go Forth and Do Likewise, etc.
 
Inverted said:
I could think of no worse feeling. Luck was on your side that day.
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Well I came to find out (because I'm dumb and did it again (and again and then some)) that the plane was plenty capable of surviving what I suspect in retrospect was maybe on the harsh side of a level 3. But I'd never been in any weather to speak of and was 100% certain that I was about to die. When the U-Boater shushed the Guard Barnyard and read off various frequencies in a calm, nearly-bored voice, I gained both confidence and, more to the point, something to aspire to.

25 year old me would roll his eyes at the sentiment, of course...but he was a dumbass who flew into thunderstorms! Screw that guy.
 
Boris Badenov said:
Well I came to find out (because I'm dumb and did it again (and again and then some)) that the plane was plenty capable of surviving what I suspect in retrospect was maybe on the harsh side of a level 3. But I'd never been in any weather to speak of and was 100% certain that I was about to die. When the U-Boater shushed the Guard Barnyard and read off various frequencies in a calm, nearly-bored voice, I gained both confidence and, more to the point, something to aspire to.

25 year old me would roll his eyes at the sentiment, of course...but he was a dumbass who flew into thunderstorms! Screw that guy.
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From that to flying with @DPApilot, god must hate you
 
A150K said:
27426 was my blown chieftain engine at TCC in NM....on my very last day with AMF. I was more pissed that I had to wait around TCC for someone to pick me up than I was rattled about the engine. View attachment 88903View attachment 88904View attachment 88905
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That's a good one. Very similar to mine. I blew an outside cylinder on that one going into BUR. I wasn't shaken but it was startling. My reward? Fly a different chieftain to Visalia lol.
 
Inverted said:
That's a good one. Very similar to mine. I blew an outside cylinder on that one going into BUR. I wasn't shaken but it was startling. My reward? Fly a different chieftain to Visalia lol.
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I was just happy they sent a reserve out to pick me up. I had brief visions of AMF forcing me to hitchhike on the side of I-40 to get back to ABQ
 
Inverted said:
Surprised they didn't send somebody in one of the crew car Geo Metros to come pick you up 🤣
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Since ABQ was the new base when I was there, we actually had new-ish Toyota Corollas in the stations we had cars. I TDY'd to PDX and had my WTH moment when I stepped into a 90s Accord Coupe in Florence, OR and discovered actual moss growing from the floor of the car with extensive water damage throughout.
 
A150K said:
Since ABQ was the new base when I was there, we actually had new-ish Toyota Corollas in the stations we had cars. I TDY'd to PDX and had my WTH moment when I stepped into a 90s Accord Coupe in Florence, OR and discovered actual moss growing from the floor of the car with extensive water damage throughout.
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A150K said:
Since ABQ was the new base when I was there, we actually had new-ish Toyota Corollas in the stations we had cars. I TDY'd to PDX and had my WTH moment when I stepped into a 90s Accord Coupe in Florence, OR and discovered actual moss growing from the floor of the car with extensive water damage throughout.
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I'll do ya one better. In Yreka CA, our Geo Metro had been stolen a bunch of times. It was stolen twice when I flew the route. I arrive, car is missing lol. It was found every time not too far away.
 
Inverted said:
I'll do ya one better. In Yreka CA, our Geo Metro had been stolen a bunch of times. It was stolen twice when I flew the route. I arrive, car is missing lol. It was found every time not too far away.
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The thief probably realized the pile of trash wasn't going to get them very far haha
 
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